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Posted Date: 2005-10-18T04:00Z

Fish
Distributions
at
Southern
California
Oil
and
Gas
Platforms
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Table
1.
Fish
species
managed
under
the
Pacific
Groundfish
Fishery
Management
Plan
recorded
in
scientific
studies
conducted
at
oil
and
gas
platforms
in
southern
California.
Numbers
represent
studies
listed
at
bottom
of
table
Common
NameScientific
NameStudy
Pacific
sanddab
Widow
rockfish
Bank
rockfish
Black
rockfish
Black­
and­
yellow
rockfish
Blue
rockfish
Bocaccio
Brown
rockfish
Calico
rockfish
California
scorpionfish
Canary
rockfish
Chilipepper
Copper
rockfish
Cowcod
rockfish
Darkblotched
rockfish
Flag
rockfish
Gopher
rockfish
Grass
rockfish
Greenblotched
rockfish
Greenspotted
rockfish
Greenstriped
rockfish
Honeycomb
rockfish
Kelp
rockfish
Olive
rockfish
Rosy
rockfish
Sharpchin
rockfish
Squarespot
rockfish
Starry
rockfish
Stripetail
rockfish
Treefish
Vermilion
rockfish
Yelloweye
rockfish
Yellowtail
rockfish
Thornyhead
Cabezon
Kelp
greenling
Lingcod
Pacific
whiting
Spiny
dogfishCitharichthys
sordidus
Sebastes
entomelas
Sebastes
rufus
Sebastes
melanops
Sebastes
chrysomelas
Sebastes
mystinus
Sebastes
paucispinis
Sebastes
auriculatus
Sebastes
dallii
Scorpaena
guttata
Sebastes
pinniger
Sebastes
goodei
Sebastes
caurinus
Sebastes
levis
Sebastes
crameri
Sebastes
rubrivinctus
Sebastes
carnatus
Sebastes
rastrelliger
Sebastes
rosenblatti
Sebastes
chlorostictus
Sebastes
elongatus
Sebastes
umbrosus
Sebastes
atrovirens
Sebastes
serronides
Sebastes
rosaceus
Sebastes
zacentrus
Sebastes
hopkinsi
Sebastes
constellatus
Sebastes
saxicola
Sebastes
serriceps
Sebastes
miniatus
Sebastes
ruberrimus
Sebastes
flavidus
Sebastolobus
sp.
Scorpaenichthys
marmoratus
Hexagrammos
decagrammus
Ophiodon
elongatus
Merluccius
productus
Squalus
acanthias
3,6
3,4,6
6
2
6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,3,4,5,6
1,3,2,5,6
3,5,6
1,3,5,6
3,6
6
1,3,4,5,6
6
6
1,3,4,5,6
5,6
1
6
4,6
1,6
3
1,5,6
1,2,3,5,6
3,6
6
3,4,6
3,6
5,6
5,6
1,3,6
6
3,4,6
4,6
1,3,4,5,6
1,6
1,3,5,6
6
3
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G.
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C.
H.
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186.
Love,
M.
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1990.
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a
sportfishing
party
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1994.
A
pilot
study
of
the
distribution
and
abundance
of
rockfishes
in
relation
to
natural
environmental
factors
and
an
offshore
oil
and
gas
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platform
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manu.
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consequence
of
alternative
decommissioning
strategies
for
POCS
offshore
facilities:
preliminary
results.
Paper
presented
at
the
Fifth
California
Islands
Symposium,
March
29
­
April
1,
1999,
Santa
Barbara,
California.
Love,
M.
S.,
Nishimoto,
D.
Schroeder,
and
J.
Caselle.
1999a.
The
ecological
role
of
natural
reefs
and
oil
and
gas
production
platforms
on
rocky
reef
fishes
in
southern
California:
Final
interim
report.
U.
S.
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CR­
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208pp.
Table
2.
Fish
species
managed
under
the
Coastal
Pelagic
Fishery
Management
Plan
recorded
in
scientific
studies
conducted
at
oil
and
gas
platforms
in
southern
California.
Numbers
represent
studies
listed
at
bottom
of
table
Common
NameScientific
NameStudy
Northern
anchovy
Pacific
sardine
Jack
mackerelEngraulis
mordax
Sardinops
sagax
Trachurus
symmetricus1,2,3
1,2,3
1,2,3
Carlisle,
J.
G.
Jr.,
C.
H.
Turner
and
E.
E.
Ebert.
1964.
Artificial
habitat
in
the
marine
environment.
California
Department
Fish
Game,
Fish
Bulletin
124.
93pp.
Carr,
M.
H.
and
G.
E.
Forrester.
Unpubl
manu.
Ecological
consequence
of
alternative
decommissioning
strategies
for
POCS
offshore
facilities:
preliminary
results.
Paper
presented
at
the
Fifth
California
Islands
Symposium,
March
29
­
April
1,
1999,
Santa
Barbara,
California.
Schroeder,
D.
M.
1999.
Relative
habitat
value
of
oil
and
gas
production
platforms
and
natural
reefs
to
shallow
water
fish
assemblages
in
the
Santa
Maria
Basin
and
Santa
Barbara
channel,
California.
Pp.
4C­
1­
4­
C­
8.

In
M.
S.
Love,
M.
Nishimoto,
D.
Schroeder,
and
J.
Caselle.
1999.
The
ecological
role
of
natural
reefs
and
oil
and
gas
production
platforms
on
rocky
reef
fishes
in
souther
California:
Final
interim
report.
U.
S.
Department
Interior,
U.
S.
Geological
Survey,
Biological
Resources
Division,
USGS/
BRD/
CR­
1999­
007.
208pp.

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