Recreational Fishing Effort Estimates from Progressive Angler Surveys (PAS) - Monterey County

The observer remained at each site only long enough to obtain an accurate count, using binoculars; during foggy mornings this sometimes necessitated walking the beach. The following physical parameters were recorded for each PAS: date; arrival and departure time of observer; general weather conditions; sea surface, air temperature, swell height, swell period, wind speed, and wind direction (these six parameters were based on readings from the offshore Monterey Bay NOAA buoy); time and height of nearest low and high tide; and estimated horizontal visibility.

Separate counts were recorded at each of 16 locations; these were generally subdivisions of eight specific, numbered sites as established by CDFW's California Recreational Fisheries Survey. This data and metadata were submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff though the Data Management Plan (DMP) framework with the id: DMP000082. For more information, please visit wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data.