Publication Date:
2021-06-25
Description:
From January 1 through March 31, 1978, Departmentalpersonnel sampled catches from 141 trips while aboard commercial passenger fishing vessels operating in southern California. A total of 25,339 fishes belonging to 88 species were identified and measured. Otoliths for age determination studies were removed from 247 rockfish carcasses representing 22 species. Additionally, nine long-range trips originating in San Diego and fishing in Mexican waters were sampled. A total of 1,518 fishes representing 24 species was identified and measured at dockside from these vessels. The 10 most commonly taken species during the quarteraccounted for 68.1% of the southern California catch.The most frequently sampled species of bocaccio, Sebastespaucispinis (21.1%); chilipepper, S. goodei (16.5%); Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus (8.7%); blue rockfish, Sebastes mystinus (6.0%); kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus ( 5.2%); vermilion rockfish, S. miniatus (3.7%); squarespot rockfish, S. hopkinsi (3.2%); greenspotted rockfish, S. chlorostictus (2.9%); olive rockfish, S. serranoides (2.8%); and whitecroaker, Genyonemus lineatus (2.6%). Samples gathered fromlong-range trips showed the top five species accounted for83.8% of the fish sampled. The most frequently sampled species were wahoo, Acanthocybium solanderi (28.6%);yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (23.7%); yellowtail, Seriola dorsalis (18.6%); leopard grouper, Mycteroperca rosacea (6.2%); and gulf grouper, M. jordani (3.8%). (55pp.)
Keywords:
Management
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Fisheries
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
