Crescent City Profile - California Sea Grant

ContentsExecutive Summary ........................................................................................................................ iAcknowledgments ......................................................................................................................... viIntroduction......................................................................................................................................1History of the Port and the Surrounding Area .............................................................................2The Expansion of Commercial and Recreational Fisheries ...................................................4The Expansion of Fishery Management .................................................................................6The Crescent City Fishing Community Today ..............................................................................10Commercial Fisheries................................................................................................................10Crescent City Harbor Seafood Receiving, Processing and Marketing .....................................12Ocean Recreational Fishing ......................................................................................................13Harbor Infrastructure and Fishery-Support Businesses ............................................................14Fishing Organizations and Events .............................................................................................16Commercial Fishery Activity at Crescent City Harbor ..................................................................17Activity Within Commercial Fisheries......................................................................................21The Dungeness Crab Pot Fishery .........................................................................................21The Groundfish Trawl Fishery ............................................................................................23The Salmon Troll Fishery .....................................................................................................25The Ocean (Pink) Shrimp Trawl Fishery .............................................................................27The Rockfish and Lingcod Hook-and-Line Fishery .............................................................29The Coonstripe Shrimp Trap Fishery ...................................................................................31The Albacore Troll Fishery ..................................................................................................32The Pacific Whiting (Hake) Trawl Fishery ..........................................................................34Commercial Fishery Combinations...........................................................................................34Revenue Per Boat ......................................................................................................................37Recreational Fishery Activity at Crescent City Harbor ................................................................39Recreational Fishing Effort ......................................................................................................39Key Factors Affecting Crescent City Fisheries ..............................................................................41A Watershed Event, Expansion and Contraction ......................................................................41Changing Fisheries, Changing Community .........................................................................43Economic Factors and Impacts .................................................................................................44Commercial Fisheries ...........................................................................................................44Recreational Fisheries ..........................................................................................................47The Harbor District .............................................................................................................48Current Situation and Outlook .......................................................................................................50References......................................................................................................................................51Endnotes.........................................................................................................................................55Crescent City Fishing Community Profile