Fish Bulletin & Fish Catch Statistics

The California Department of Fish and Game's Fish Bulletin is a core resource for the study of fish and fisheries in California. Continuously published as a monographic series since 1913, but slowing down publication in recent years, the Fish Bulletin contains in-depth monographs on a variety of topics, primarily marine, and also including some non-fish marine species. Some Fish Bulletin titles are of specialized interest to scientists, state officials, and those with fishery management interests. Many Fish Bulletin titles however are of general public interest, constituting general works on marine species. These general interest titles cover marine fish (including specific titles on sardine, grunion, halibut, tuna, etc), sharks, sea lions, clams/mussels, abalone, squid, historical shore whaling, historical commercial fishing, etc.

Fish Catch Statistics

The California Department of Fish and Game Fish Catch Statistics are available through the UC San Diego Library's Digital Collections site.

For summary statistics and data from 1987-1999, see Fish Bulletin No. 181.

Fish Bulletins

• No. 1: Abalone/Towing Fry/Lobster/Clams/Crab Cancer Magister/Quinnat Salmon/Trout
• No. 2: The Scientific Investigation of Marine Fisheries, as Related to the Work of the Fish and Game Commission in Southern California
• No. 3: The Spawning of the Grunion (Leuresthes tenuis)
• No. 4: The Edible Clams, Mussels and Scallops of California
• No. 5: A Key to the Families of Marine Fishes of the West Coast
• No. 6: A history of California shore whaling
• No. 7: The Life-History and Growth of the Pismo Clam (Tivela stultorum Mawe)
• No. 8: Racial and seasonal variation in the Pacific herring, California sardine and California anchovy
• No. 9: Preliminary Investigation of The Purse Seine Industry of Southern California
• No. 10: The Life History of Leuresthes Tenuis, an Atherine Fish with Tide Controlled Spawning Habits
• No. 11: The California Sardine
• No. 12: The Weight-Length Relationship of the California Sardine (Sardina cærulea) at San Pedro
• No. 13: Seasonal Average Length Trends at Monterey of the California Sardine (Sardina caerulea)
• No. 14: Report on the Seals and Sea Lions of California, 1928
• No. 15: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Years 1926 and 1927
• No. 16: The Life History of the California Jack Smelt, Atherinopsis californiensis
• No. 17: Sacramento-San Joaquin Salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) Fishery of California
• No. 18: The Pismo Clam : Further Studies of its Life History
• No. 19: Sardine Fishing Methods at Monterey, California
• No. 20: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Year 1928
• No. 21: Analysis of Boat Catches of White Sea Bass (Cynoscion nobilis) at San Pedro, California
• No. 22: A Bibliography of The Tunas
• No. 23: Success of the Purse Seine Boat in the Sardine Fishery at Monterey, California (1929–1930 Fishing Season)
• No. 24: An Analysis of the Catch Statistics of the Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) Fishery of California
• No. 25: Fishing areas along the California coast for the sardine (Sardina caerulea).
• No. 26: Seasonal Changes in the Daily Average Length of the California Sardine Sardina caerulea
• No. 27: The Ring Net, Half Ring Net, or Purse Lampara in the Fisheries of California
• No. 28: Handbook of Common Commercial and Game Fishes of California
• No. 29: The Striped Bass of California (Roccus lineatus)
• No. 30: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Year 1929
• No. 31: Studies of the Length Frequencies of the California Sardine
• No. 32: The California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus) and an Analysis of the Boat Catches
• No. 33: Fishing Methods for the Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and an Analysis of the Catches
• No. 34: Salmon of the Klamath River California. I. The Salmon and the Fishery of Klamath River. II. A Report on the 1930 Catch of King Salmon in Klamath River
• No. 35: A Distributional List of the Species of Freshwater Fishes Known to Occur in California
• No. 36: A Bibliography of the Sardines
• No. 37: The California Barracuda (Sphyraena argentea). I. Life History of the California Barracuda. II. A Bibliography of Barracudas (Sphyraenidae)
• No. 38: The California Shrimp Industry
• No. 39: Fluctuations in the Abundance of Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) in California
• No. 40: The California Mackerel Fishery
• No. 41: Early Life History of the California Sardine (Sardina caerulea), with Special Reference to Distribution of Eggs and Larvae
• No. 42: Maturity of the California sardine (Sardina caerulea), determined by ova diameter measurements
• No. 43: The Sizes of California Sardines Caught by the Different Fishing Gear and in the Different Localities of the Monterey and San Pedro Regions
• No. 44: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Years 1930–1934, Inclusive
• No. 45: The Sharks and Rays of California
• No. 46: A Contribution toward the Life Histories of Two California Shrimps, Crago franciscorum (Stimpson) and Crago nigricauda (Stimpson)
• No. 47: Interseasonal and Intraseasonal Changes in Size of the California Sardine (Sardinops caerulea)
• No. 48: Fishing Localities for the California Sardine, Sardinops caerulea, 1928–1936
• No. 49: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Year 1935
• No. 50: Sizes of California Sardines Caught in the Different Areas of the Monterey and San Pedro Regions
• No. 51: The High Seas Tuna Fishery of California
• No. 52: Historical Account of the Los Angeles Mackerel Fishery
• No. 53: Measures of Abundance of the Sardine, Sardinops caerulea, in California Waters
• No. 54: The Fishes of the Family Sciaenidae (Croakers) of California
• No. 55: Report on returns of drift bottles released off southern California, 1937
• No. 56: Development of the eggs and early larvae of six California fishes
• No. 57: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Years 1936–1939, Inclusive
• No. 58: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Year 1940
• No. 59: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Years 1941 and 1942
• No. 60: A Systematic Study of the Pacific Tunas
• No. 61: Results of Tagging Experiments in California Waters on the Sardine (Sardinops caerulea)
• No. 62: Catch per-Unit-of-Effort in California Waters of the Sardine (Sardinops caerulea) 1932–1942
• No. 63: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Years 1943 and 1944
• No. 64: The Biology of the Soupfin Galeorhinus zyopterus and Biochemical Studies of the Liver
• No. 65: Analysis of Populations of the Pacific Sardine on the Basis of Vertebral Counts
• No. 66: Drift and Set Line Fishing Gear in California
• No. 67: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Years 1945 and 1946
• No. 68: Common Marine Fishes of California
• No. 69: Age and Length Composition of the Sardine Catch off the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada, 1941–42 through 1946–47
• No. 70: A Preliminary Population Study of the Yellowfin Tuna and the Albacore
• No. 71: Growth of the Sardine, Sardinops caerulea, 1941–42 Through 1946–47
• No. 72: Trawling Gear in California
• No. 73: Tagging Experiments on the Pacific Mackerel (Pneumatophorus diego)
• No. 74: The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Year 1947 With an Historical Review 1916–1947
• No. 75: California Sharks and Rays
• No. 76: Average Lunar Month Catch by California Sardine Fishermen 1932–33 Through 1948–49
• No. 77: A Comparison of the Bluefin Tunas, Genus Thunnus From New England, Australia and California
• No. 78: The Life History of the Starry Flounder Platichthys stellatus (Pallas)
• No. 79: A Key to Some Southern California Fishes Based on Vertebral Characters
• No. 80: The Commercial Fish Catch of California For the Years 1948–1949 With Yield Per Area of the California Sardine Fishing Grounds 1937–1949
• No. 81: Purse Seines and Other Roundhaul Nets in California
• No. 82: A Comparison of the Populations of Yellowfin Tuna, Neothunnus macropterus, From the Eastern and Central Pacific
• No. 83: Age Composition of the Southern California Catch of Pacific Mackerel 1939–40 Through 1950–51
• No. 84: A Racial Study of the Pacific Mackerel, Pneumatophorus diego
• No. 85: The Biology of the Dover Sole, Microstomus pacificus (Lockington)
• No. 86: The Commercial Fish Catch of California For the Year 1950 with A Description of Methods Used in Collecting and Compiling the Statistics
• No. 87: Surveys Through 1951 of the Distribution and Abundance of Young Sardines (Sardinops caerulea)
• No. 88: A Revision of the Family Embiotocidae (The Surfperches)
• No. 89: The Commercial Fish Catch of California For the Year 1951 with An Evaluation of the Existing Anchovy Case Pack Requirements
• No. 90: Common Marine Bivalves of California
• No. 91: Common Ocean Fishes of the California Coast
• No. 92: Studies on Fish Preservation at the Contra Costa Steam Plant of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• No. 93: The Life History of the Cabezon Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres)
• No. 94: The Behavior and Reproduction of Salmonid Fishes in a Small Coastal Stream
• No. 95: The Commercial Fish Catch of California For the Year 1952 with Proportion of King and Silver Salmon in California's 1952 Landings
• No. 96: California Fishing Ports
• No. 97: A Descriptive Study of Certain Tuna-like Fishes
• No. 98: The Life Histories of the Steelhead Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri gairdneri) and Silver Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) with Special Reference to Waddell Creek, California, and Recommendations Regarding Their Management
• No. 99: A Description of Two Species of Bonito Sarda Orientalis and S. Chiliensis And a Consideration of Relationships Within the Genus
• No. 100: Catch Localities for Pacific Albacore (Thunnus germo) Landed in California, 1951 through 1953
• No. 101: Age Determination of the Northern Anchovy, Engraulis mordax
• No. 102: The Marine Fish Catch of California For The Years 1953 and 1954 with Jack Mackerel and Sardine Yield Per Area From California Waters 1946–47 Through 1954–55
• No. 103: Trolling Gear In California
• No. 104: A Review of The Rockfishes of California (Family Scorpaenidae)
• No. 105: The Marine Fish Catch of California For the Years 1955 and 1956 with Rockfish Review
• No. 106: Age and Length Composition Pacific Coast Catches, Sardines and Pacific Mackerel 1955–56 and 1956–57 Seasons and the Northern Anchovy 1954–55 Through 1956–57 Seasons
• No. 107: Trout and Salmon Culture (Hatchery Methods)
• No. 108: The Marine Fish Catch of California For the Years 1957 and 1958
• No. 109: The Barred Surfperch (Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz) in Southern California
• No. 110: A Study of The Yellowtail Seriola Dorsalis (Gill)
• No. 111: The Marine Fish Catch of California For the Year 1959
• No. 112: Relationships of Some Marine Organisms of the Northeast Pacific to Water Temperatures Particularly During 1957 Through 1959
• No. 113: The Ecology of the Salton Sea, California, in Relation to the Sportfishery
• No. 114: An Evaluation of Stocking Hatchery-Reared Steelhead Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdnerii gairdnerii) in the Sacramento River System
• No. 115: The Migration, Age, And Growth of Pacific Albacore (Thunnus germo), 1951–1958
• No. 116: Fitting A Von Bertalanffy Growth Curve By Least Squares Including Tables of Polynomials
• No. 117: The Marine Fish Catch of California For the Year 1960
• No. 118: California Abalones, Family Haliotidae
• No. 119: Growth Characteristics of Two Southern California Surffishes, the California Corbina and Spotfin Croaker, Family Sciaenidae
• No. 120: Estimating Absolute Age Composition of California Salmon Landings
• No. 121: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1961 and Catch Localities for Dover Sole, Microstomus pacificus (Lockington), Landed in California, 1950 through 1959
• No. 122: The Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus) and Its Fishery, 1947–1958
• No. 123: The California Oyster Industry
• No. 124: Artificial Habitat in the Marine Environment
• No. 125: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1962
• No. 126: Life History Studies on Ten Species of Rockfish (Genus Sebastodes)
• No. 127: California "Catchable" Trout Fisheries
• No. 128: An Analysis of California's Albacore Fishery
• No. 129: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1963
• No. 130: Ocean Sportfish Catch and Effort From Oregon to Point Arguello, California July 1, 1957–June 30, 1961
• No. 131: The Structure, Development, Food Relations, Reproduction, and Life History of the Squid Loligo opalescens Berry
• No. 132: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1964
• No. 133: Ecological Studies of The Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary Part 1: Zooplankton, Zoobenthos, and Fishes of San Pablo and Suisun Bays, Zooplankton and Zoobenthos of the Delta
• No. 134: Management Study of The California Barracuda Sphyraena argentea Girard
• No. 135: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1965 and California Salmon Landings 1952 through 1965
• No. 136: Ecological Studies of The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Part II: Fishes of The Delta
• No. 137: Reproduction, Life History, and Ecology of the Round Stingray, Urolophus halleri Cooper
• No. 138: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1966 California-Based Fisheries off the West Coast of Mexico for Temperate Tunas, Market Fish, and Sport Fish
• No. 139: Utilization of Kelp-Bed Resources in Southern California
• No. 140: The Marine Environment offshore From Point Loma, San Diego County
• No. 141: Artificial Destratification of El Capitan Reservoir By Aeration. Part I: Effects on Chemical and Physical Parameters
• No. 142: Management of The White Seabass (Cynoscion Nobilis) In California Waters
• No. 143: Southern California Marine Sportfishing Survey: Private Boats, 1964; Shoreline, 1965–66
• No. 144: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1967
• No. 145: The California Partyboat Fishery 1947–1967
• No. 146: Man-Made Reef Ecology
• No. 147: The Northern Anchovy (Engraulis Mordax) And Its Fishery 1965–1968
• No. 148: Effects of Artificial Destratification on Distribution of Bottom Organisms in El Capitan Reservoir
• No. 149: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1968 and Historical Review 1916-68
• No. 150: A History of California's Fish Hatcheries 1870–1960
• No. 151: Migrations of Adult King Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha In The San Joaquin Delta As Demonstrated by the Use of Sonic Tags
• No. 152: Food Habits of Albacore, Bluefin Tuna, and Bonito In California Waters
• No. 153: The California Marine Fish Catch For 1969
• No. 154: California Marine Fish Landings For 1970
• No. 155: Population Size, Mortality Rates, and Growth Rates of Northern California Ocean Shrimp, Pandalus jordani, 1965 Through 1968
• No. 156: The Venom Apparatus of California Rockfishes (Family Scorpaenidae)
• No. 157: Guide To The Coastal Marine Fishes of California
• No. 158: Summary of Blue Rockfish and Lingcod Life Histories; A Reef Ecology Study; And Giant Kelp, Macrocystis Pyrifera, Experiments In Monterey Bay, California
• No. 159: California Marine Fish Landings For 1971
• No. 160: Observations On Fishes Associated With Kelp Beds in Southern California
• No. 161: California Marine Fish Landings For 1972 and Designated Common Names of Certain Marine Organisms of California
• No. 162: Pelagic Fish Surveys In The California Current
• No. 163: California Marine Fish Landings For 1973
• No. 164: Trout and Salmon Culture (Hatchery Methods)
• No. 165: The Marine Resources of Anaheim Bay
• No. 166: California Marine Fish Landings For 1974
• No. 167: Climatic Variation and Exploitation In The Pacific Mackerel Fishery
• No. 168: California Marine Fish Landings For 1975
• No. 169: Biological, Oceanographic, and Acoustic Aspects of The Market Squid, Loligo Opalescens Berry
• No. 170: California Marine Fish Landings For 1976
• No. 171: Status of The Pacific Herring, Clupea Harengus Pallasii, Resource In California 1972 to 1980
• No. 172: Life History, Environment, and Mariculture Studies of the Dungeness Crab, Cancer Magister, With Emphasis on The Central California Fishery Resource
• No. 173: California Marine Fish Landings For 1977 – 1986
• No. 174: The California Halibut, Paralichthys californicus, Resource and Fisheries
• No. 175: The California Drift Gill Net Fishery For Sharks and Swordfish, 1981–82 Through 1990–91
• No. 176: The Marine Recreational Fishery In Northern and Central California : A Historical Comparison (1958–86), Status of Stocks (1980–86), and Effects of Changes In The California Current
• No. 177: Biological Aspects of Nearshore Rockfishes of the Genus Sebastes from Central California With Notes On Ecologically Related Sport Fishes
• No. 178: History And Status of Introduced Fishes In California, 1871 – 1996
• No. 179: Contributions to the Biology of Central Valley Salmonids. Volumes 1 & 2.
• No. 180: California Coastal Salmonid Population Monitoring: Strategy, Design, and Methods
• No. 181: California Marine Fish Landings for 1987-1999