Southern California partyboat sampling study Quarterly Report no. 3
1976
Maxwell, William D. | Schultze, Donald L.
During the period January 1 to March 31, 1976, Departmentpersonnel made 139 sampling trips aboard southern California partyboats. A total of 22,122 fishes from 73 species was identified and measured.Otoliths were removed from 1,536 rockfish carcasses representing 31 species for use in age determination.Sampling personnel tagged and released 68 Californiabarracuda, Sphyraena argentea, and 18 sablefish, Anoplopomafimbria.The five most common species sampled during this periodrepresented approximately 79% of the total number of fishesmeasured. These were, in order of importance; bocaccio,Sebastes paucispinis; chilipepper, Sebastes goodei; oliverockfish, Sebastes serranoides; greenspotted rockfish,Sebastes chlorostictus; and vermilion rockfish, Sebastesminiatus. Bocaccio alone accounted for 52% of the sampledcatch. (15pp.)
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