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Management of Sport Fishing in San Diegoˈs Program of Multiple use of Water‐Supply Reservoirs
Author(s) -
Ball Orville P.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1957)87[200:mosfis]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fishing , recreation , fishery , recreational fishing , trips architecture , business , fish <actinopterygii> , water supply , public health , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , ecology , transport engineering , medicine , nursing , biology
Multiple use program of eight San Diego, California water‐supply reservoirs includes closely regulated sport fishing for warm‐water fish. These reservoirs, when full, supply about 8,000 acres of fishing water on which there were 105,000 fishing trips in 1956 by which 456,000 fish were taken. Average catch has been 6.2 fish per fishing trip. The program is under the supervision of the San Diego Water Department and to protect public health, access to reservoirs is permitted only at stations manned by Water Department personnel. Here, public facilities including toilets, boats, trash cans, fishing docks, fireplaces, and parking areas are maintained. Regulations pertaining to protection of public health are strictly enforced. The recreational program, which includes camping, picnicking and hunting as well as fishing, is operated on a self‐sustaining basis and without cost to water users through a fee‐permit system. The fee for sportfishing is $1.00 a day. Close cooperation is had between the Water Department, Public Health and Conservation agencies and the public. No case of waterborne infection has been traced to pollution of the reservoirs despite many years of multiple use.