the board of directors of marina del rey anglers recently voted to
encourage anglers fishing in sponsored tournaments to turn in white
seabass heads and take advantage of the mdra white sea bass head
recovery incentive program. in 2004 mdra established two $500 awards to
encourage recreational anglers to turn in white sea bass heads to help
data collection for the ocean resources enhancement and hatchery
program.

uasc, hubbs sea world research institute (hswri) and media have posted
the locations of the collection centers where anglers should turn in
their white sea bass heads. each angler who turns in a wsb head will
fill out and receive a \"catch report\" that records the angler’s name,
address, telephone, location of catch, tackle, and the approximate
weight and length of the fish. that report accompanies the head, which
is forwarded to the hswri white sea bass hatchery in carlsbad. tim
conerty supervises the head collection process at the hatchery. all wsb
heads received by the hatchery are scanned to determine if they have a
tag. all hatchery raised fish released by the fourteen grow-out
facilities operated as part of the orehp program contain a micro tag in
their cheek. a number on the tag reveals when the fish was spawned,
which grow-out facility released it, when it was released, and the
average size of the fish in that release.

all anglers turning in wsb heads, whether or not the head contains a
tag, are entered into a computer list. twice a year, in december and
june, a name is drawn and the winner receives $500 directly from mdra.
now that mdra is posting a $500 bounty/raffle twice a year to
tournament anglers who turn in the wsb heads there is even more fun and
reason to sign up for and enjoy the many club, fishing association and
industry sponsored tournaments.

the collection of heads of legal size fish is one of the ways to
validate the effectiveness and success of the ocean resources
enhancement and hatchery program. gill net monitoring, in operation by
the california state universities in northridge and san diego, under
contract to the hatchery, is another validation but is limited to
smaller fish and near shore embayments. over one million fish have been
released by the program to date and it is not rare for anglers to see
trophy fish today over 35 pounds, which many scientists, anglers and
sportboat captains agree are the result of the program.


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