. Bulletin. Science. PATTERNS OF LOBSTER TRAP FISHING 33 â Fig. 4. Distribution of habitat value for lobster within the kelp forest. Colors denote value of habitat to lobster (affinity) relative to the habitat having the highest value (100%). on Tl, T2, and T3 were not closely related at the smaller scales (<~20 boxes) but were closely related at larger scales. Whereas, fishing effort on T4 was more closely related to habitat distributions at smaller scales. Correlations were signif- icant (p<) for window sizes greater than 9 box
. Bulletin. Science. PATTERNS OF LOBSTER TRAP FISHING 33 â Fig. 4. Distribution of habitat value for lobster within the kelp forest. Colors denote value of habitat to lobster (affinity) relative to the habitat having the highest value (100%). on Tl, T2, and T3 were not closely related at the smaller scales (<~20 boxes) but were closely related at larger scales. Whereas, fishing effort on T4 was more closely related to habitat distributions at smaller scales. Correlations were signif- icant (p<) for window sizes greater than 9 boxes for Tl, 10 boxes for T2, 12 boxes for T3, and for all window sizes for T4. Catch per unit effort appeared to decline linearly throughout the season (Fig. 6) and was very low by the end of the season. Discussion Our motivation was to evaluate the coupling between fishing patterns in time and space with quantitative scientific determinations of habitat distribution and quality. Fishing patterns for spiny lobster off southern California result from the collective behavior of several independent fishermen with various levels of ex- perience and motivation. The fleet is composed both of very experienced fisher- men who have spent their lives in the business and who were taught by previous generations of experienced fishermen, and of less experienced fishermen who are learning their trade. When the season opens, fishermen compete to catch as many legal-sized lobsters as quickly as possible before they are locally depleted. Current management practices limits only the number of fishing permits, not the level of effort expended by each license holder. The spiny lobster fishery off California appears saturated with fishermen as evidenced by the historical reduction in size distributions of lobsters beginning as early as the turn of the last century (Allen. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - col
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