3.8 Socioeconomics
99 percent of the value of the local fishery is concentrated in fish block 860, stretching from La Jolla to
Point Loma. For lobsters, the La Jolla to Point Loma area dominates the value of catch as well, but not
as strongly. Seventy-seven percent of the value is concentrated in this block (.5 million), but the value
of lobster from the Oceanside (
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.8 million) and Encinitas/Solana Beach (
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.1 million) blocks are eachworth more than any other species (except urchins) for the entire five-block region combined. Each is also
worth in excess of 19 times the value of urchins from any one block in the region, aside from the La
Jolla/Point Loma block. The Del Mar/Torrey Pines block, with a lobster value of 3,000 comprises a
relatively small portion (four percent) of the regional lobster catch, however this value is still well in excess
(by a factor of two or more) of the value of any other single commercial nearshore species for any
individual block outside of block 860.
Table 3.8-12
San Diego County Landings by Fish Block for 1987 to 1998
Most Valuable Nearshore Species Values (Dollars)
Area Name and Fish Block Number
Encinitas /
Del Mar /
La Jolla /
Imperial
Oceanside
Solana Beach
Torrey Pines
Point Loma
Beach
Species
Block 801/822
Block 821
Block 842
Block 860
Block 877
Totals
Lobster
2,777
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,109,232
3,294
,467,964
,556
,742,823
Red Urchins
,463
,827
,466
,869,331
,734
,941,821
Rock Crab
3,163
,348
,865
2,939
,085
3,400
Halibut
,352
,285
,842
0,178
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,868
6,525
Abalone(1)
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,320
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,138
4,239
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1,697
Sheephead
,432
,734
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,668
1,807
2
6,003
Spot Prawn(2)
2,923
,486
,107
9,826
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1,342
Total
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,384,110
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,228,232
8,380
,306,284
,605
,453,611
(1)
Season currently closed due to a fishing moratorium.
(2)
Not a nearshore species, but included here in response to public input.
Source: CDFG 1994 - 1999
Looking at the next tier species by value in Table 3.8-12, there are three nearshore species currently being
fished that have an aggregate value in the 0,000 to 0,000 range. Approximately 78 percent of the
combined value of these species is concentrated in the La Jolla/Point Loma fish block (slightly over
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.5
million out of just under .0 million total value). The pattern of distribution of catch is different for rock
crab, however, than for halibut and sheephead. Halibut and sheephead are more heavily concentrated (88
percent and 86 percent of total area species value, respectively) in the La Jolla/Point Loma area. Rock
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