Crab sport fisheries in Humboldt Bay and Cresent City Harbor, California
In December 1964 interviewing of sport crab fishermen wasbegun in Humboldt Bay. A similar study was initiated inCrescent City in 1965. Fifty-four anglers interviewed atHumboldt Bay in 1964 and 1965 caught 27 Dungeness crabs,Cancer magister. The total estimated catch during thesampling period was 400 Dungeness crabs.Skiff fishermen in Crescent City caught an estimated 6,318Dungeness crabs during the 1965-66 season; 1,666 Dungenesscrabs during the 1966-67 season and 5,054 Dungeness crabsduring the 1967-68 season. There is a good potential forincreased fishing in Crescent City Harbor, Trinidad Bay andShelter Cove. (10p.)
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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/1834/18023 |
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