California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Region
Abstract
During the period January 1 to March 31, 1976, Department
personnel 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 California
barracuda, Sphyraena argentea, and 18 sablefish, Anoplopoma
fimbria.
The five most common species sampled during this period
represented approximately 79% of the total number of fishes
measured. These were, in order of importance; bocaccio,
Sebastes paucispinis; chilipepper, Sebastes goodei; olive
rockfish, Sebastes serranoides; greenspotted rockfish,
Sebastes chlorostictus; and vermilion rockfish, Sebastes
miniatus. Bocaccio alone accounted for 52% of the sampled
catch. (15pp.