. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. |.Vv.::-'--| EELGRASS A-I SPAWNING LOCATIONS % ARCATA % %i °"> i MUD. MUD METERS _i 1000 2000 NORTH HUMBOLDT BAY FIGURE 2. Map of north Humboldt Bay at 0-tide. Stippled areas indicate eelgrass distribution for winters 1974-75 and 1975-76. HISTORY OF FISHERY The Bay has supported a relatively small bait and commercial herring fishery for over 50 years. A total of about 6301 of herring were harvested from 1926-76; the largest an
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. |.Vv.::-'--| EELGRASS A-I SPAWNING LOCATIONS % ARCATA % %i °"> i MUD. MUD METERS _i 1000 2000 NORTH HUMBOLDT BAY FIGURE 2. Map of north Humboldt Bay at 0-tide. Stippled areas indicate eelgrass distribution for winters 1974-75 and 1975-76. HISTORY OF FISHERY The Bay has supported a relatively small bait and commercial herring fishery for over 50 years. A total of about 6301 of herring were harvested from 1926-76; the largest annual catch, 63 t was taken in 1943. There were no commercial landings of herring in 1965-72. In 1975 and 1976, 1 and 11 t respectively, were caught under temporary state legislation allowing a winter harvest of 20 t. The state increased the harvest quota to 50 t in 1977 and the quota was approached each year from 1979 through 1981 and exceeded in 1982 (Table 1). The quota was increased to 60 t in 1983. METHODS AND MATERIALS Fish Sampling Herring were caught in 1974-75 with a variable mesh sinking nylon gill net, by m with equal lengths of , , , and cm bar mesh. The net was allowed to soak no more than 10 min per set in areas where birds and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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