Publication Date:
2021-06-25
Description:
A 1-yr. study was undertaken to devise a sampling programwhich would determine fishing catch and effort levels ofone segment of the southern California marine sportfishery. Personal interviews of fishermen were conductedat launch ramps, boat hoists, and boat rental locationsfrom Santa Barbara County to the Mexican border. Thisreport presents quantitative data and statistical estimatesof effort, total catch, catch of preferred sport fishspecies, and length frequencies of selected specieslanded by private-boat sport fishermen.An estimated 102,000 anglers and 3,700 divers landed 275,000fishes, molluscs, and crustaceans. The major componentsof the catch were 1) white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus,85,000 landed; 2) bass, Paralabrax spp., 48,000 landed; and3) Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis, 42,000 landed. (22pp.)
Keywords:
Management
;
Fisheries
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
