SQUIRE: PELAGIC MARINE FISHES OFF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 



in catches, and it appears to be a useful index 

 in the evaluation of catch variations and long- 

 term trends in total abundance in underutilized 

 pelagic surface schooling resources. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The author wishes to acknowledge the coop- 

 eration and interest of aerial fish spotter pilots 

 who participated in the program from 1962 

 through 1969; Edward Burden, Leon Burden, 

 Jack Mardesich, Paul Mardesich, Joseph Miles, 

 John Bourgois, Jack Whalen, John O'Conner, 

 Rodger Hillhouse, and Tony Marinkovich. 



The studies of Br. Oscar E. Sette in the late 

 1940's must be recognized as one of the earliest 

 applications of scientific aerial fish observations 

 in the continuing search for new methods and 

 techniques for obtaining abundance estimates 

 of pelagic fishery resources. 



Reynold A. Fredin of the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Center, 

 Seattle, Wash., gave valuable assistance through 

 suggestions on statistical processing methods 

 for the aerial spotter data, as did Norman 

 Abramson' of the California Bepartment of Fish 

 and Game, Marine Resource Laboratory, Long 

 Beach, Calif. The processing of the data by 

 the Statistical Section of the California Be- 

 partment of Fish and Game, Marine Resources 

 Laboratory under the direction of Edward 

 Greenhood was appreciated, as were suggestions 

 of the staff of the Statistical Section on original 

 coding of the data. 



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