Kelp Forest No. 6

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINE SPORT FISHING AND DIVING NEWSLETTER

California Department of Fish and Game, 19160 South Harbor Dr. Fort Bragg, Ca. 95437 No. 6 May 1998

Welcome to the sixth issue of Kelp Forest, newsletter of the California Department of Fish and Game’s Northern California Sport Finfish and Abalone Project (NRSFA). As with previous issues, our goal is to communicate to the public what we have learned about northern California’s marine sportfishery resource. Our hope is that an informed public will lead to effective resource stewardship.
This issue covers a variety of projects that are closely tied to the focus of the NRSFA, such as our Nearshore Reef Fish Tagging Study (see NRFTS Update and Tag Retention Study at Steinhart Ends) and our Lingcod Hooking Mortality Study (see Lingcod Declines). In addition to what we have learned over the last

two years, we describe changes in abalone regulations (Sen. Thompson’s Bill Closes Abalone Fishery to the South), good news about north coast abalone stocks (see Depth Refuge : Management that Works), and a distressing description of a species on the edge of extinction (see White Abalone- An Extinct Possibility?). We’ve felt priveleged this year to work with an ever-increasing number of valuable partners to improve resource stewardship .
As our schedules permit, we also provide talks to groups interested in marine sportfishery issues. If you wish to be placed on our mailing list, please write to us at the above address.
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