Southern California partyboat sampling study Quarterly Report no. 8
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Date
1977
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Between April 1 and June 30, 1977, 125 trips weresampled aboard southern California partyboats by Departmentpersonnel. A total of 14,842 fishes belonging to 72 species was identified and measured. Otoliths wereremoved from 134 rockfish carcasses representing 20species for age deterination studies.The 10 most common species sampled during the quarteraccounted for 76.9% of the catch. Individually, the mostcommon were Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus (16.9%);kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus (14.5%); bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis (11.4%); Pacific bonito, Sarda chiliensis (10.3%); barred sand bass, Paralabrax nebulifer (5.6%); olive rockfish, Sebastes serranoides (5.3%); chilipepper, S. goodei (4.0%); California barracuda, Sphyraena argentea (2.9%); and ocean whitefish, Caulolatilus princeps (2.8%).Fishing effort switched from "rockcod" to surfaceactivity as it did during the second quarter of 1976 (26pp.)Issue/Article Nr
77-19Publisher or University
California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources RegionSeries : Nr
Marine Resources Administrative ReportCollections