1. Fishing Food for human consumption – Globally, fish is ~20% of animal protein consumed Animal feed (both aquaculture & livestock) Natural products – Inverts, fish & kelp Cultural identification Direct employment for 200 M people globally

2. Global Fisheries …

3. Fisheries by Their Nature are Extractive; They Alter the Natural Environment anthropogenic effect

4. California Marine Landings

5. RankPortMillions of PoundsMillions of Dollars 1New Bedford, MA153.4282.5 2Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, AK887.6166.1 3Kodiak, AK337.295.8 4Hampton Roads Area, VA23.585.1 5Cape May-Wildwood, NJ74.668.4 6Honolulu, HI22.257.4 7Dulac-Chauvin, LA42.654.6 8Naknek-King Salmon, AK105.354.3 9Seward, AK60.552.2 10Cordova, AK111.246.5 11Gloucester, MA124.246.0 12Brownsville-Port Isabel, TX20.145.0 #32=LA ($26.6M) #46=Ventura ($16.6M) #71 SB ($6.7M) 2004 landings by port

6. What Landings Mean Landings are the required reporting of amounts of harvested fish Landings are a function of … stock size, type of fishery, effort, technology, harvest policy, market & reporting honesty Care must be taken in assessing time histories of landings

7. What is Catch?? Catch = (Catchability) (Effort) (Biomass) Catchability is f(skill, technology,…) Effort is hours, # trawls, … = f(profit, …) Biomass is the stock abundance Profit to fishery = (price) (Catch) – (Costs) Profit drives effort… Price = f(market, …) Costs = f(fuel, distance to port, biomass, …)

8. Market Squid Lobster Abalone Rockfish Sea Urchin Shark Commercial Fishery Landings in Santa Barbara

9. What we Fish? Pelagics – sardine, anchovies, tuna, swordfish, … Groundfish – “ red snapper ”, sea bass, rockfish,... Invertebrates – squid, sea urchin, abalone, lobster, Dungeness crab, Macrophytes – kelp

10. California Commercial Landings Commercial Landings (M Lbs) Data from http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/status/

11. California Commercial Landings Commercial Landings (M Lbs) Data from http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/status/

12. California Commercial Revenue Commercial Revenues ($M)

13. California Commercial Revenue 1999

14. California Commercial Revenue 1999

15. California Commercial Revenue 1999

16. 2010 CA Fisheries Summary Commercial landings (198,000 Mt) were up 23% compared with 2009 but a 22% decline from 2000 Ex-vessel values were nearly $175M, an increase of 56% from 2009 Market squid was biggest by landings (~130,000 Mt) and ex-vessel value ($73.8M) Large landings also for pacific sardine, northern anchovy, red sea urchin & pacific mackerel Large ex-vessel values also for Dungeness crab, chinook salmon, urchin & lobster 2010 CA Fishery Summary

26. California Recreational Fishery 1000 ’ s trips (1998/99)

27. California Recreational Fishery Landings (1000 fish)

28. What Recreational Fisheries Catch? Man-made structures – SoCal – tuna/mackerel (39%), croaker (19%) – NoCal - silversides (31%), surfperch (27%) Beach – SoCal – surfperch (63%) NoCal – smelt (72%) CPFV – SoCal – rockfish (33%), sea bass (16%) – NoCal - rockfish (92%) Private – SoCal – sea bass (23%), tuna/mackerel (17%) – NoCal – rockfish (60%)

29. How we Fish? Pelagics & Squid – purse seine, line, … Groundfish – trawl nets, gill nets, dredge, fish traps, … Invertebrates – hand collection, traps, trawl nets, … Macrophytes – kelp mower

30. Purse Seine

31. Anchovy Schooling

32. Squid Fishing at Night

33. Red dots are squid boats

34. Purse Seines & Bycatch

35. Line Fishing

36. Long Lines

37. Stern Trawls

38. Otter Trawls

39. Gillnets

41. Urchin Diving

43. Fish Traps

45. Crab Pots

47. Lobster Trap

50. Kelp Harvester

51. Kelp Landings