Southern California marine sport fishing from privately-owned boats: catch and effort for October-December 1981
1982
Ono, David S.
The catch landed and effort expended by private-boatsport fishermen were studied in southern Californiabetween October and December 1981, in order to determinethe impact of one segment of the sport fishery on localmarine resources. Fishermen returning from fishingtrips were interviewed at launch ramps, hoists, andboat-rental facilities. This report contains quantitativedata and statistical estimates of total effort, totalcatch, catch of preferred species, and length frequenciesfor those species whose catches are regulated by minimumsize limits.An estimated 208,000 organisms were landed by 54,000anglers and 4,500 divers. The major components of thecatch were Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus, 50,200landed; white croaker, Genyonemus lineatus, 35,000 landed,and Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis, 27,000 landed.Together, these three species made up over half of thetotal catch.Most of the size limit regulations were closely observedby anglers; the one exception was that of Californiahalibut, Paralichthys californicus, of which only 65% metlegal size requirements. Regarding invertebrates landed bydivers, size limit compliance was 90% for red abalone,Haliotis rufescens, and 95% for spiny lobster, Panulirusinterruptus. (28pp.)
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