CPFV - Trip Targets Logbook Data 2000-2012

Under a non-disclosure agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel (CPFV) logbook data from 2000 to 2012 was transmitted to Point 97/Ecotrust on April 10, 2013 and summarized in collaboration with CDFW staff. Data provided is only for trips in which fish were landed in South Coast ports and does not include vessels which fished in South Coast region waters but who returned to ports outside the South Coast region. Furthermore, the CPFV logbook data presented only includes data on fishing trips as logbook data does not include information on non-consumptive trips such as whale watching. Finally, following CDFW protocol we suppressed all data points with fewer than three CPFV operators; however, in the study period from 2000–2012 all data points for each port grouping had three or more CPFV operators and thus we did not conduct any data suppression. This specific data set presents the number of trips taken that target specific fish or fish groupings by port and year.