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Marina Del Rey Anglers Fish Rearing Project Official name: Marina del Rey Anglers Ocean Resources Enhancement Program Marina del Rey Anglers is working with Hubbs/Sea World Research Institute, United Anglers, and the State of California Fish and Game Department to help replenish local fisheries. MDRA has two fish grow-out pens in the water at the guest docks adjacent to Burton Chace Park. WHITE SEA BASS HEAD
COLLECTION PROGRAM The Marina del Rey facility has released over 35,000 fish since the inception of the program in September of 1995.
HALIBUT DERBY PROVIDES NEW BROODSTOCK During the Derby, anglers were asked to keep their extra fish (halibut) alive to be donated to the broodstock collection for Hubbs/Sea World Hatchery. New fish add diversity to the broodstock that provides fry to thirteen grow-out pens. The pens are in various harbors from San Diego to Santa Barbara
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Overview of the program
There are thirteen white seabass grow out facilities on the Southern California coast from San Diego to Santa Barbara. All are in harbors and protected coves except Santa Barbara which is anchored in the ocean about 1/4 mile off Stearn's Wharf. The grow out stations consist of fiberglass raceways or large, supported nets. The raceways are 8' x 16' rectangular structures with the open ends covered by steel mesh and steel predator barriers. They vary in depth from 4 to 5 feet. The nets are variously shaped but still can accommodate from 2,000 to 5,000 fish. Except for two offshore locations, the fish are fed by automatic feeders, controlled by electric timers but filled manually every day. Volunteers brush the end gates, vacuum the bottom and remove mortalities every day. It is not unusual to lose two or three fish each day, but that is a small percentage if there are thousands in the pen or net. Perished fish are weighed and measured which gives a frequent check on their growth. The white seabass are bred and reared initially by the Hubbs/Sea World Hatchery in Carlsbad, California. The hatchery is supported by funds derived from mitigation fees paid by generating stations and oil companies when they damage the environment. Food for the hatchery and grow out facilities is funded by the Ocean Enhancement Stamp that is mandatory on every ocean fishing license. Technical support is provided to the grow-out facilities by the hatchery, the California Department of Fish and Game and by United Anglers. Pens and nets are constructed or purchased by conservation-minded organizations who then provide the volunteers and the funds to maintain them. In the case of Marina del Rey Anglers, construction of the two grow-out pens was financed by the annual MDR Halibut Derby which also pays the maintenance costs.
For more information on White Sea Bass rearing point your browser to United Anglers of Southern California... Did you read about the need to save the Heads?!?
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