Collins, R.A.

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Sta t e  o f  Cali fornia  - The Resources Agency 
Department of Fish and  Game 
Marine Resources Reg ion 
Long Beach, Cal i f o rn i a  
CRUISE REPORT 73-KB-16 
BIG GAME FISH INVESTIGATIONS 
Prepared by R ,  A .  Col l ins '  
Vessel  R/V KELP BASS 
Dates:  J u l y  5-13, 1973 
Local i ~ y :  Near sho re  .wa te r s  of sou the rn  C a l i f o r n i a  
Purpose: 1. To c a p t u r e ,  t a g ,  and r e l e a s e  P a c i f i c  bon i to ,  Smda 
c h i l i e n s i s ,  and C a l i f o r n i a  barracuda,  Sphyraenu 
argentea. 
2. To c o l l e c t  P a c i f i c  bon i to ,  C a l i f o r n i a  bar racuda ,  
w h i t e  s eabass ,  Cynoscion nob iZ i s ,  and C a l i f o r n i a  
y e l l o w t a i l ,  Ser ioZa  dorsalis, f o r  popu la t ion  
- - i d e n t f i i c a t i o n  s t u d i e s .  
3.  To make i n c i d e n t a l  c o l l e c t i o n s  a s  r eques t ed  by o t h e r  
programs 
Procedure: T r o l l i n g  wi th  f  e a t  her and "Hexhead" l u r e s  was conducted d u r i n g  
d a y l i g h t  hours .  Angling w i t h  l i v e - b a i t  and l u r e s  was co~lducted 
each  morning and evening w h i l e  t h e  v e s s e l  was a t  anchor .  A 
n i g h t  l i g h t  was d i sp l ayed  each n i g h t  t o  a t t r a c t  j u v e n i l e  and 
larval f i s h .  Surf a c e  water  tempera tures  were r e g u l a r l y  r e -  
cord ed 
Resu l t s :  B i o l o g i s t s t a g g e d a n d r e l e a s e d 8 5 P a c i f l c b o n i t o i n w a t e r s b e t w e e n  
Dana Po in t  and L a  J o l l a .  A t o t a l  of 286 C a l i f o r n i a  barracuda 
were tagged and r e l e a s e d  of f  shore  from t h e  Encina Power P l a n t  
s i t e  sou th  of Carlsbad , C a l i f o r n i a  . 
B i o l o g i s t s  a l s o  captured  5 s u b l e g a l  l e n g t h  whi te  s eabass  of 
which 3 were tagged and r e l e a s e d  and 2 kep t  f o r  examinat ion.  
Surf a c e  water tempera tures  recorded  ranged from 66F recorded of f  
P o i n t  Loma t o  7 OF recorded wh i l e  i n  t h e  i n f l u e n c e  of t h e  warm- 
water  d i s c h a r g e  from t h e  Encina. Power P l a n t .  
Personnal :  Marco Mazarovich, Vessel  Capta in  
Robson C o l l i n s ,  Bio logis t - in-charge  J u l y  5-11 
Donald Schu l t z  , B i o l o g i s t  -in-charge J u l y  11-13 
G a i l  Campbell, B i o l o g i s t  
Dennis  henley,  Seasonal  A i d  J u l y  5-11 
Kevin Farnum, Seasonal  Aid J u l y  11-13 


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