California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Region
Abstract
In order to initiate a fishery for the Pacific
sardine, Sardinops sajax caeruleus, it is required
that the spawning biomass be determined to have
reached a minimum of 20,000 short tons. Data from
ichthyoplankton surveys, night-light surveys, the
anchovy bait fishery and jack mackerel purse seine
fishery are analyzed for evidence of an increase in the population size. The present level of the spawning population of the northern stocks of sardines is determined to be far below the 20,000 tons required to initiate a
fishery. (14pp.
