For more than two decades, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute has been introducing thousands of sea bass back into the ocean in an attempt to replenish the species in the waters from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
“We’ve been doing the stock enhancement program for 20 years now, where we culture fish and release them into the wild,” said Mike Shane, marine biologist. “To give you an idea of the impact, in the 1950s at various recreational landings people were catching up to 60,000 fish. Then, by the early ’70s, that number was down to several thousand fish a year.”
Esto afect\u00f3 negativamente a la industria de la pesca deportiva y comercial, provocando su colapso. En un esfuerzo por solucionar el problema, los legisladores y los bi\u00f3logos de Hubbs-SeaWorld se unieron y pusieron en marcha un programa para ayudar a remediar la situaci\u00f3n.
\u201cDebido a las disminuciones significativas tanto en la pesca comercial como recreativa, el Programa de mejora de la poblaci\u00f3n se inici\u00f3 en los a\u00f1os 80 como una forma de ayudar a la industria pesquera en declive\u201d, dijo Shane. \u201cLa lubina fue seleccionada como la especie a utilizar para este proyecto\u201d.
The biologists “tag” fish prior to releasing them into the ocean as a way to determine how far they travel, how long they live and other data that will help evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
\u201cHemos adoptado un enfoque responsable en nuestras actividades de mejora al etiquetar cada pez individual que liberamos\u201d, dijo Shane. \u201cPonemos en la mejilla de cada pez liberado una etiqueta de alambre codificada que parece una mina de l\u00e1piz n\u00famero dos. Cada pez tiene su propia etiqueta \u00fanica, por lo que cuando recuperamos un pez sabemos de d\u00f3nde vino y esa informaci\u00f3n nos permite evaluar la efectividad de nuestro programa\u201d.
The sea bass program started in 1986 and to date Hubbs-SeaWorld Institute has released more than 1.2 million fish; of those, they’ve recovered 1,600 tags. Recovering those tags is paramount to documentation of fish activity. To encourage fishermen to save tags, the group started the “Save Your White Sea Bass Head” collection program.
\u201cTenemos un programa implementado en la mayor\u00eda de los desembarcos de pesca deportiva a lo largo de la costa\u201d, dijo Shane. \u201cTenemos congeladores en esos lugares para que los pescadores depositen las cabezas de las lubinas que capturaron junto con un formulario que indica d\u00f3nde capturaron los peces. De esa manera, despu\u00e9s de revisar la etiqueta del pez, sabremos ad\u00f3nde ha viajado y cu\u00e1nto tiempo ha estado en la naturaleza\u201d.
Earlier this year, after examining the head of one of the fish caught in San Diego, it was determined to be more than 12 years old, making it the oldest captured fish in the program’s history. It was also determined that the sea bass was originally released in the Santa Barbara Islands.
Con cada cabeza de pez devuelta, se recupera informaci\u00f3n valiosa, lo que permite a los bi\u00f3logos aprender m\u00e1s sobre la migraci\u00f3n de la lubina y la efectividad de su programa.
En un esfuerzo por recolectar la mayor cantidad posible de cabezas de lubina, el Instituto Hubbs-SeaWorld ha creado un concurso en el que participan embarcaciones pesqueras comerciales de pasajeros en el que las cabezas de pescado pueden ganar dinero y premios.
\u201cTenemos un concurso en el que les pedimos a los muchachos de los botes que nos guarden las cabezas de lubina blanca y cada seis meses daremos $2,000 en premios\u201d, dijo Shane. \u201cAl barco que m\u00e1s cabezas nos salve le damos $1.000 y otro $1.000 al barco que entregue m\u00e1s etiquetas. Creo que este premio en met\u00e1lico les da un incentivo adicional para salvar las cabezas en lugar de simplemente cortarlas y arrojarlas al oc\u00e9ano\u201d.
Each fisherman who drops off a sea bass head at one of the various collection points has his or her name entered into a random drawing for $500 for their efforts.
To learn more about the sea bass program, call Karen Terra, (619) 226-3881.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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