Southern California independent study fishing survey Quarterly Report No. 11

Abstract

During the January 1 - March 31, 1978 quarter, 28 launch ramps, hoists, and boat rental locations were sampled a total of 253 times. During the sample days 6,296 anglers and 279 divers were interviewed. They expended 42,296 effort-hours and landed 16,165 fishes and other organisms of 125 identified species. The ten most commonly landed species were 1) white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus, 12%; 2) Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus, 7%; 3) blue rockfish, Sebastes mystinus, 7%; 4) chilipepper, S. goodei, 5%; 5) bocaccio, S. paucispinis, 5%; 6) kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus, 4%; 7) barred sand bass, P. nebulifer, 4%; 8) halfmoon, Medialuna californiensis, 4%; 9) greenspotted rockfish, Sebastes chlorostictus, 3%; and 10) black surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, 3%. (Document has 22 pages.)