of Carpinteria, and could be affected by an expansion of SOCAL's Carpin- 

 teria oil and gas operations (approved by the State Lands Commission) on 

 leased tracts in Pitas Point, and from oil spills from tanker loadings 

 at SOCAL's marine terminal. 



FISH AND SHELLFISH 



California coastal waters support 554 species of marine fish. 



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 Miller and Lea reported that 481 species (87%) occurred in the waters 



off the Southern California coast. Trawl samples taken by the Southern 



California Coastal Water Resource Project (SCCWRP) in 1969 to 1972 



revealed that at least 121 species representing 41 fish families 



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 populated the Continental Shelf at depths of 10 to 360 meters. Dover 



sole, Microstomus pacificus , was the most abundant species, although 

 each area surveyed showed a different dominant species. The most abun- 

 dant fish in the SCCWRP samples was the speckled sanddab, Citharichthys 

 stigmaeus , followed by the Pacific sanddab, Citharichthy s sordidus , and 

 the stripetail rockfish, Sebastodes saxicola . The two species that com- 

 posed the bulk of the pelagic fishes were the northern anchovy, Engraulis 

 mordax , and the jack mackerel , Trachurus symmetricus . The study noted 



that more bonito, yellowtail, seabass, and barracuda moved north tem- 



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 porarily from Mexico to Southern California during warm water periods. 



In winter the more northerly species such as salmon moved into Southern 



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 California waters. No rare or endangered fishes are listed for the 



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 Southern California coast. 



Shellfish found in the coastal waters of Southern California include 



crab, lobster, shrimp, abalone, clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, squid, 



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