Information and Publications

Table of Contents

• Fish
• Plants, Invertebrates, Birds and Mammals
• Fishing Resources
• The Ocean and Geographical Information
• News

 

Fish

• The Amazing Grunion
• Annual Status of the Fisheries Report through 2003
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 1.0 MB
• Biological Characteristics of Nearshore Fishes of California
• California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report
• Central California Marine Sport Fish Survey (Refugia Project), 1958-2006
• Common Surfperches of California
  Picture identification guide to twelve species of surfperch
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 428 KB
• Fish Bulletins: Department of Fish and Game Fish Bulletins
• Fish Identification Guides
• Fish Images (Sportfish)
• Fishery-Independent Research Life History Information for Selected California Marine Species
  • Fishes
  • Invertebrates and Plants
• Nearshore Finfish Profiles
• Rockfish Information
  • General Rockfish Information
  • Rockfish Fishery Management
  • Yelloweye, Canary, and other Rockfish Species of Concern
• White Seabass Fact Sheet
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 44 KB
• White Shark Information

 

Plants, Invertebrates, Birds and Mammals

• Abalone Informational Brochure: You Hold Their Future In Your Hands
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 665 KB
• Bycatch Reduction Devices Used in the Pink Shrimp Trawl Fishery
  Report to the California Fish and Game Commission
  Requires Adobe Reader, File size 464 KB
• California Abalone Information
• California Seabirds: Give Them a Break, Not a Line
• California Spiny Lobster Information
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 596 KB
• California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report
• Caulerpa Taxifolia (Killer Seaweed) Information
  Note: This link opens a page on the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Web Site
• Common Parasites of California Marine Fishes
• Dungeness Crab Information
• Fishery-Independent Research
• Information Concerning the Pink Shrimp Trawl Fishery off Northern California: Report to the California Fish and Game Commission
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 1.1 MB
• Life History Information for Selected California Marine Species
  • Fishes
  • Invertebrates and Plants
• Loligo Examiner
• Marine Mammals
• Natural Marine Toxins: PSP (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxins) and Domoic Acid
  Note: This link opens a page on the University of California (Davis) Web Site
• Preharvest Shellfish Protection and Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program
  For shellfish consumption and other health warnings and press releases, click here.

 

Fishing Resources

• Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp
• Beach Angler Survey Results for 2007, Monterey Bay Area
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 697 KB
• California Commercial Landings
  • Final Data for 2000
  • Final Data for 2001
  • Final Data for 2002
  • Final Data for 2003
  • Final Data for 2004
  • Final Data for 2005
  • Final Data for 2006
• California Cowcod Conservation Areas
• Commercial Fishing Digest - 2008
  links to DFG License and Revenue Branch
• Fish Identification Guides
• Fish Images (Sportfish)
• Fisheries Forum Annual Report for 2004
• Fishing Districts
• Halibut: Review of California Halibut Trawl Fishery in the California Halibut Trawl Grounds - Report to the California Fish and Game Commission
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 1 MB
• Health Warnings on Fish Consumption
• Hobbies Related to Fishing
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 198 KB
• How Old are the Fish I'm Catching?
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 50 KB
• Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations for 2008-2009
• Rockfish: Bring That Rockfish Down
  A brochure with tips and techniques for successfully releasing rockfish suffering barotrauma injuries
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 579 KB
  • View a news release on the California Sea Grant Web site with more information about this brochure.
• Sport Fishing Regulations Manual
• Tips for Releasing Saltwater Fish
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 121 KB

 

The Ocean and Geographical Information

• Artificial Reef Coordinates in Southern California
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 19 KB
• Artificial Reefs in Southern California (Online Guide)
• California Explores the Ocean
  California Explores the Ocean provides access for the citizens of California to a diverse array of resources about the ocean and ocean exploration from the unique collections of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives and Library and to a selection of ocean related photographs and oral histories from the collections of the San Diego Historical Society.
• El Niño Information
• GIS Information
• Key Landmark Point References
• Tide Heights and Times

 

News

• Calendar of Events
• Marine Management News
• Marine Region Strategic Plan
  Requires Adobe Reader, File Size 4664 KB (Very large file)
• Media Resources: Marine Region Press Room
• News Releases