Publication Date:
2021-06-25
Description:
The catch landed and effort expended by private-boatsport fishermen was studied in Los Angeles Countybetween October and December 1980, in order todetermine the impact of one segment of the sportfishery on local marine resources. Fishermenreturning from fishing trips were interviewed atlaunch ramps, hoists, and boat rental facilities.This report contains quantitative data and statisticalestimates of total effort, total catch, catch ofpreferred species, and length frequencies for thosespecies whose catches are regulated by minimum sizelimits.An estimated 94,000 organisms were landed by 22,000anglers and 1,200 divers. The major components of thecatch were Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus, 29,000landed; white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus, 17,500landed; and Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis, 11,500landed. These three species comprised two-thirds ofthe total catch.Anglers' compliance with size limit regulations wasvariable. Nearly 80% of all measured bass, Paralabraxspp., were legal size, but only 50% of the Californiahalibut, Paralichthys californicus, were legal size.Divers showed much better compliance with the sizelimit regulations: 96% of all California spinylobsters, Panulirus interruptus, were legal size. (14pp.)
Keywords:
Management
;
Fisheries
;
marine species
;
recreational fishing
;
fish size
;
anglers
;
divers
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Permalink
