Since 1936 the California Division of Fish and Game has collected statistics on the ocean sport fishery as a part of its management program. Operators of pleasure fishing boats make out daily reports on the catches of their passengers. Annual catches average 2,000,000 fish with a weight of 6,000,000 pounds. The tabulated reports show: monthly and annual catches of each species; the catch, according to locality, of all species combined and of certain important species; the monthly and annual number of fishermen and number of boat trips; and the number of boats reporting each month and during the year.