Southern California partyboat sampling study Quarterly Report no. 9
Between July 1 and September 30, 1977, Departmentalpersonnel sampled catches during 184 trips aboard commercial passenger fishing vessels operating in southernCalifornia. A total of 28,617 fishes belonging to 89species was identified and measured. Otoliths for agedetermination studies were removed from 222 rockfishcarcasses representing 20 species.The 10 most commonly sampled species during thequarter accounted for 82.9% of the catch. The most frequently sampled fishes were kelp bass, Paralabraxclathratus (18.9%); Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus(17.6%); olive rockfish, Sebastes serranoides (15.5%);blue rockfish, S. mystinus (8.7%); barred sand bass, P.nebulifer (8.6%); California barracuda, Sphyraenaargentea (4.9%); sculpin, Scorpaena guttata (2.4%);bocaccio, S. paucispinis (2.3%); white croaker, Genyonemuslineatus (2.1%); and squarespot rockfish, S. hopkinsi (1.8%).Partyboat activity continued to center on surfacefishing. (33pp.)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Region
1978
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| Subjects: | Management, Fisheries, Biology, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/18039 |
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