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NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC TM-31: Data Collection -- Groundfish
Table 4.4.
Southern and northern California rockfish landings (in metric tons) by
market category and gear type, 1992. Numbers of samples collected in northern California are also presented.
No samples were collected in southern California (ports south of Morro Bay). Market categories are listed
in ascending order according to contribution of landings to subtotal values for each gear type for northern
California.a
| Southern California | Northern California | |||
| Market category | Gear typeb | Landings | Landings | Number of samples |
| Blackgill rockfish | Trawl | 0 | 36.0 | 1 |
| Small rockfish (group) | 0 | 141.9 | 8 | |
| Red rockfish (group) | 1.4 | 157.6 | 8 | |
| Rosefish rockfish (group) | 0 | 292.4 | 15 | |
| Bocaccio | 1.8 | 343.8 | 53 | |
| Chilipepper | 0.6 | 470.0 | 24 | |
| Widow rockfish | 0 | 598.6 | 41 | |
| Unspecified rockfish | 5.4 | 1,588.0 | 30 | |
| Thornyheads | 0 | 4,116.3 | 43 | |
| Other rockfish (9)c | 0 | 36.8 | 3 | |
| Subtotal | 9.2 | 7,781.4 | 226 | |
| Red rockfish (group) | Set net | 27.7 | 21.8 | 2 |
| Rosefish rockfish (group) | 0 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Widow | 1.4 | 46.3 | 5 | |
| Chilipepper | 17.6 | 241.1 | 14 | |
| Unspecified rockfish | 197.4 | 305.3 | 24 | |
| Bocaccio | 166.2 | 259.1 | 41 | |
| Other rockfish (11)c | 2.7 | 36.1 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 413.0 | 939.2 | 87 | |
| Blackgill rockfish | Line | 234.5 | 19.1 | 11 |
| Yelloweye rockfish | 0 | 27.1 | 2 | |
| Small rockfish (group) | 0 | 59.2 | 51 | |
| Bolina rockfish (group) | 1.3 | 62.0 | 34 | |
| Gopher rockfish (group) | 0.4 | 72.6 | 24 | |
| Black rockfish | 0.6 | 78.7 | 6 | |
| Widow rockfish | 0.4 | 111.1 | 16 | |
| Bocaccio | 199.3 | 161.5 | 29 | |
| Yellowtail rockfish | 0 | 166.4 | 19 | |
| Red rockfish (group) | 135.7 | 372.3 | 46 | |
| Chilipepper | 6.5 | 702.7 | 45 | |
| Unspecified rockfish | 354.1 | 1,184.2 | 3 | |
| Other rockfish (16)c | 10.9 | 24.3 | 48 | |
| Subtotal | 943.7 | 3,041.2 | 334 | |
| Other rockfish (16)c | Other | 3.6 | 22.1 | 0 |
| Subtotal | 3.6 | 22.1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,369.5 | 11,783.9 | 647 | |
aMarket category and gear type combinations that had landings in excess of 1 metric ton were incorporated into the calculations used to present figures in this table. Individual market category and gear type combinations for northern California that had landings that were greater than or equal to 19 metric tons are presented. Market categories denoted as (group) reflect categories that are designated by groups of species, rather than individual species.
bGear types are as follows: "Trawl" includes midwater, bottom, and roller gears and Danish seine; "set net" includes gill and trammel nets; and "line" includes hook-and-line, longline, rod-and-reel, and troll.
cOther rockfish is not a market category, but rather a term used to denote the sums (landings and number of samples) of individual market category and gear type combinations that had landings that were less than 19 mt (i.e., combinations that did not meet the criterion stated in footnote 'a' above). The number in parentheses denotes the number of individual market categories that were included in the summations.