Documentation for California Department of Fish and Wildlife's onboard sampling of the rockfish and lingcod commercial passenger fishing vessel industry in northern and central California (1987-1998) as a relational database

This paper describes the relational database created for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Onboard Sampling of the Rockfish and Lingcod Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel (CPFV) Industry in Northern and Central California conducted from 1987-1998. The program surveyed the recreational CPFV fleet fishing out of 10 coastal counties (San Luis Obispo north to Del Norte) and three counties inside San Francisco Bay, representing 19 CPFV landing locations. From 1987 through 1998, technicians collected spatially-explicit catch and release records for 7,712 fishing stops during 2,256 observed trips. Presented herein is a brief description of the sampling program, an overview of the relational database, and quality control methods applied to the historical data. Data from the relational database are governed by confidentiality requirements and are available via permission from CDFW. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-558 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-558)] Melissa H. Monk, Rebecca R. Miller, John Field, E.J. Dick, Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, and Paul Reilly. "April 2016." doi:10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-558 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-SWFSC-558) System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references.