An aerial monitoring program was conducted during the period 1962 - 2003 in cooperation with aerial spotters working for the commercial purse seine fleet.
Individual specimens measured (weight in grams and length in mm) and sexed from mainly targeted species caught during SWFSC-FRD fishery independent trawl surveys of coastal pelagic species. Individuals are categorized as random or non-random samples. Does not include species with length bins recorded in the CPS Trawl Life History Length Frequency dataset.
Samples collected using the Continuous Underway Fish-Egg Sampler, known as CUFES. The data include numbers of anchovy, sardine, jack mackerel, squid, hake, and unidentified fish eggs captured, and associated environmental.
