Department of Fish and Wildlife Ocean Salmon Project

2012 California Ocean Salmon Sport 2012 California Ocean Salmon Sport and Commercial Fisheriesand Commercial Fisheries

Presented byPresented byJames PhillipsJames Phillips

Project Objectives

1. Estimate salmon landings & fishing effort for each management area by half month periods for all California ocean salmon fisheries.

2. Determine contribution rates of specific salmon stocks by age using coded-wire tag recoveries by fishery, time, and management area.

Recreational Salmon Fishery

Sample Design – Recreational Fishery

• Private Skiffs• Random stratified sampling design using weekday and

weekend/holiday strata (i.e. skiff days)• Sampling unit: all skiff trips made at a sample site for an entire day• Sample at least 20% of all skiff days in each major port area• Samplers observe and count all salmon landed

• Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels (CPFV)• Sampling unit: each CPFV trip• Sample 20% or more of all CPFV trips in each major port area• Samplers observe and count all salmon landed

• Adipose fin clipped salmon• Each salmon inspected for missing adipose fin• Adipose fin-clipped salmon are set aside and the heads are recovered

for coded-wire-tag extraction

2012 California Recreational Season

Horse Mtn

Pt Arena

Pigeon Pt

U S - Mexico Border

OR/CABorder

May 1 Sept 9

Oct 7

Nov 11

April 7

KMZ: OR/CA Border to Horse Mt. (132 days)

MON: Pigeon Pt. to US/Mexico Border (184 days)

SNF: Pt. Arena to Pigeon Pt. (219 days)

FTB: Horse Mt. to Pt. Arena (219 days)

April 7 Nov 11

April 7

Minimum size limit 20” in KMZ and FTB, 24” in SNF and MON through July 5, 20” thereafter; 2 fish per day

Recreational Catch and Effort, 2003-2012

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Days Open 792 792 742 704 794 45 10 520 709 754

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Commercial Salmon Fishery

Sample Design – Commercial Fishery

• Sampling unit: each commercial landing• Sample >20% all landings by weight in each

management area• Samplers observe and count all salmon being

unloaded

• Adipose fin clipped salmon• Each salmon inspected for missing adipose fin• Adipose fin-clipped salmon are set aside and the

heads are recovered for coded-wire-tag extraction

2012 California Commercial Season

HorseMtn

Pt Arena

Pigeon Pt

U S - Mexico Border

OR/CA Border

KMZ: OR/CA Border to Humboldt S. Jetty (15 days)

Sept 15-30

FTB: Horse Mt. to Pt. Arena (80 days)

May 1

Quota = 6,000

Sept 30

Closed June 5-26

SNF: Pt. Arena to Pigeon Pt. (139 days)

Sept 30May 1Open

So Sur Only

MON: Pigeon Pt. to US/Mexico Border (151 days)

Oct 12

July 11

Humboldt S. Jetty

Minimum size limit 27” in FTB and KMZ .

SNF and MON had minimum size limit of 27” through August, 26” thereafter.

Pt. Sur

Commercial Catch and Effort, 2003-2012

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Days Open 467 411 294 235 353 -- -- 70 324 375

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Sampled Average Weight ofCommercial Salmon, 1993-2012

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Commercial Ex-Vessel Value and Price per Pound, 2003-2012

$1.91

$2.87

$5.47$5.18

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Number of Vessels with Landings Compared to Permitted Vessels, 2003-2012

1511 14771408 1390

1306 1281 12391182 1150

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2012 KMZ September Quota Fishery

Season Quota

15-19 6,000

Average Boats Participating

Per DayCPUE

58 17

Average Chinook

Landed Per day

Chinook Landed

986 5,231

Department of Fish and Wildlife Ocean Salmon Project

Thank You

James PhillipsJames PhillipsEnvironmental ScientistEnvironmental Scientist

James.Phillips@wildlife.ca.gov