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at piers and jetties, 54% on private boats, 50% on 

 beaches, 47%> on party boats, and 42% at beach and 

 intertidal sites. 



Santa Monica Bay anglers comprised several de- 

 mographic groups. Most were males (93%), 21-40 yr 

 old (54%), and white (43%), with annual household 

 incomes of $25,000-$50,000 (39%) (Fig. 2). Anglers 

 were 8-86 yr old and less than 10%' were younger 

 than 21 years. Because we interviewed only house- 

 hold heads, we probably underestimated numbers of 

 anglers below 21 years; therefore, we excluded these 

 from the age-frequency summary (Fig. 2). The fol- 

 lowing ethnic groups were noted: white, black, His- 

 panic, and Asian ( including Japanese, Koreans, Chi- 

 nese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Indone- 

 sians, Pakistanis, and Pacific Islanders). The second 

 most abundant ethnic group was Hispanic, followed 

 by Asian, and black (Fig. 2). "Others" included a na- 



tive American, an Iranian, and an Egyptian, as well 

 as anglers not providing ethnic information. Hispan- 

 ics were the predominant group on piers and jetties, 

 whereas whites were the predominant group on party 

 boats and private boats (Fig. 3). Most (60%) anglers 

 with incomes below $10,000 fished on piers and jet- 

 ties. Most (46%) anglers had fished 5 yr or less in 

 Santa Monica Bay whereas 7% had fished more than 

 30 yr. Most (63%) anglers fished all year but 19% 

 fished only in summer. About (33%) had not fished 

 during the month (28 days) before the interview, but 

 of those that had, most had fished 3-5 times per 

 month and for 2-5 h at a time. 



Interviewed anglers possessed at least 67 species 

 of fish, two species of crustaceans, two species of 

 mollusks, and one species of echinoderm from the 

 study area. The most abundant species were chub 

 mackerel, barred sand bass, kelp bass, white croaker, 



