Southern California partyboat sampling study Quarterly Report No. 4
From 1 April through 30 June, 1976, Departmentpersonnel made 146 trips aboard southern Californiapartyboats. A total of 18,218 fishes from 76 specieswas identified and measured.Otoliths were removed from 674 rockfish carcassesfor use in age determination studies.The 10 most common species sampled during thisquarter represented 85.2% of the total number of fishesmeasured. These were, in order of importance: bocaccio,Sebastes paucispinis; kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus;Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis; barred sand bass,Paralabrax nebulifer; chilipepper, Sebastes goodei;California barracuda, Sphyraena argentea; olive rockfish;Sebastes serranoides; white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus;ocean whitefish, Caulolatilus princeps; and vermilionrockfish, Sebastes miniatus. Pacific bonito and California barracuda partyboatlandings exceeded those of the entire 1975 season, andsampling data indicate the average length of barracudacaught from partyboats was significantly larger thanthat of the previous season. (15pp.)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Region
1977
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| Subjects: | Management, Fisheries, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/18121 |
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