Historical CalCOFI Reports
PDF library of CalCOFI Reports published annually (1950 - 2019) in association with the CalCOFI Conference

The journal CalCOFI Reports was published annually from 1950 to 2019, when it was retired. The ‘State of the California Current Report’ is now published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
CalCOFI Reports presents reviewed papers on the physical and chemical environment of the California Current and its living resources.
Most volumes describe the state of the California Current, review California fisheries for the previous year, include the Conference Symposium, and provide contributed papers.
CalCOFI Report (PDFs)
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- 2010-19
- 2000-09
- 1990-99
- 1980-89
- 1970-79
- 1960-69
- 1950-59

Vol. 60, 2019
• Symposium of the 2018 Conference: “Putting Ocean Ecosystem Monitoring Data To Use”.
• State of the California Current 2018-19: A Novel Anchovy Regime and a New Marine Heat Wave.
• Dynamic Habitat Use of Albacore and Their Primary Prey Species in the California Current.
• Rearing and Inducing Spawning in Captive Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax).

Vol. 58, 2017
• Symposium of the 2016 Conference: “The Next 70 Years of CalCOFI”.
• State of the California Current 2016-2017: Still Anything but “Normal” in the North.
• Are There Temporal or Spatial Gaps in Recent Estimates of Anchovy off California?
• California Anchovy Population Remains Low, 2012-16.
• Trends in the Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Metapopulation in the California Current Ecosystem.
• Composition and Interannual Variability in Trace Element Profiles of Pacific Sardine Otoliths.

Vol. 57, 2016
• Symposium of the 2015 Conference: “What Can Animal Telemetry Tell Us About Fisheries, MPAs and Nearshore Oceanography in the California Current?”
• State of the California Current 2015-16: Comparisons with the 1997–98 El Niño.
• Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) Life History in South-Central California.
• Stability of Trace Elements in Otoliths of Juvenile Pacific Sardine Sardinops sagax.
• Bio-Economic Assessment of a Green Crab Fishery in Baja CA South, Mexico.

Vol. 56, 2015

Vol. 55, 2014
• Symposium of the 2013 Conference: “Forage species and assemblages in the California Current System”.
• State of the California Current 2013-14: El Niño Looming.
• Age and Growth of the Giant Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas.
• Regional Growth Patterns of Juvenile Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the Eastern North Pacific.
• Life History and Historic Trends in Salema (Xenistius californiensis) in S. CA.
• Using In Situ Video Analysis to Assess Juvenile Flatfish Behavior Along the Oregon Central Coast.

Vol. 54, 2013
• Symposium of the 2012 Conference
• State of the California Current 2012-13: No Such Thing as an “Average” Year.
• Estimating Fish Populations from Reef Citizen Science Volunteer Diver Order-of-Magnitude Surveys.
• Anomalous Distros of Pelagic Juvenile Rockfish on the U.S. West Coast in 2005 & 2006.
• Interannual Variability of Humboldt Squid off Oregon and Southern Washington.

Vol. 53, 2012

Vol. 52, 2011
• Queenfish (Seriphus politus) and White Croaker (Genyonemus) Larval Growth Parameters.
• Spatial Distribution of Southern California Bight Demersal Fishes in 2008.
• Seasonal Occurrences of Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Northern California Current System.
• Stock Assessment of the Warty Sea Cucumber Fishery of NW Baja California.
• The Structure of Marine Phytoplankton Communities—Patterns, Rules and Mechanisms.
• The Size Structure of Marine Phytoplankton—What Are the Rules?

Vol. 50, 2009
• Symposium of the 2008 Conference:
• Comparisons of Lidar, Acoustic and Trawl Data on Two Scales in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
• Occurrence of Plastic Micro-Debris in the Southern California Current System.
• 20th Century Variability in Gulf of California SST.
• Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Pelagic Sharks from the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
• rcalcofi: Analysis and Visualization of CalCOFI Data in R.

Vol. 49, 2008
• Symposium of the 2007 Conference
• State of the California Current, 2007-2008: La Niña Conditions.
• Jumbo Squid Biomass off Central Chile: Effects on Chilean Hake.
• Impacts of Interannual Environmental Variation on the Shrimp Fishery off the Gulf of CA.
• The Life History and Ecology of Black Croaker, Cheilotrema saturnum.
• Catch Strategies for the Pacific Sardine (Sardinopssagax).
• Modeling Dispersal of Cloning Echinoderm Larvae w/ Gaussian Distro: Forever Young?

Vol. 48, 2007
• Symposium of the 2006 CalCOFI Conference.
• The State of the California Current, 2006-2007: Regional and Local Processes Dominate.
• Daily Larval Production of Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus) Off California in 1951-2006.
• Aspects of the Life History of Treefish (Scorpaenidae: Sebastes serricep)
• Comparison of Upwelling Indices off Baja California Derived from Three Different Wind Data Sources.

Vol. 46, 2005

Vol. 43, 2002
• Symposium of the 2001 CalCOFI Conference.
• Deepwater Habitat and Fish Resources Associated with the Big Creek Marine Ecological Reserve.
• The Color of Signature of the Ensenada Front and Its Seasonal and Interannual Variability.
• The Reproductive Pattern of Barred Sand Bass (Paralabrax nebulifer) from Southern California.
• Recreational Fishing and Marine Fish Populations in California.

Vol. 41, 2000
• Symposium of the 1999 CalCOFI Conference.
• The State of the California Current, 1999-2000: Forward to a new Regime?
• Record Coastal Upwelling in the California Current in 1999.
• Large-Celled Phytoplankton, the Nitricline, and Grazing during the California 1997-98 El Niño.
• Effects of El Niño and La Niña on Local Invertebrate Settlement in Northern California.
• Interannual Changes in the Calanoid Copepod Community off Southern Baja California, Mexico.
• Response of Siliceous microplankton from the Santa Barbara Basin to the 1997-98 El Niño Event.

Vol. 40, 1999
• Symposium of the 1998 CalCOFI Conference.
• The State of the California Current, 1998-1999: Transition to Cool-Water Conditions.
• Key Species in the Pelagic Copepod Community Structure on the West Coast of Baja California, Mexico.
• Bioeconomics of the Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) Fishery in the Gulf of California, Mexico.
• Age and Growth of Market Squid (Loligo opalscens) off California during 1998.

Vol. 39, 1998
• Symposium of the 1997 CalCOFI Conference.
• The State of the California Current, 1997-1998: Transition to El Niño Conditions.
• Algorithms for SeaWiFS Standard Products Developed with the CalCOFI Bio-Optical Data Set.
• Photosynthetic Parameters of Phytoplankton in the California Current System.
• Variations in Specific Absorption Coefficients and Total Phytoplankton in the Gulf of California.
• Management Strategy for the Giant Squid (Dosidicus gigas) Fishery in the Gulf of California, Mexico.
• Seasonality and Abundance of Blue Whales off Southern California.

Vol. 38, 1997
• Symposium of the 1996 CalCOFI Conference.
• The State of the California Current, 1996-1997: Mixed Signals from the Tropics.
• Spawning Biomass of the Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) in the Gulf of California during 1991.
• Inshore Soft-Bottom Fishes of Two Coastal Lagoons on the Northern Pacific Coast of Baja California.

Vol. 36, 1995
• Symposium of the 1994 CalCOFI Conference.
• The State of the California Current, 1994-1995: A Period of Transition.
• Development of the Population Biology of the Pacific Hake, Merluccius productus.
• A Comparison of Zooplankton Sampling Methods in the CalCOFI Time Series.
• Primary Production and Chlorophyll Relationships, Derived from Ten Years of CalCOFI Measurements.
• El Niño Effects on the Somatic and Reproductive Condition of Blue Rockfish, Sebastes mystinus.
• The Californian El Niño of 1992 and the Fall of Calanus.
• A Tagging Study of the California Halibut (Paralychthys californicus).

Vol. 35, 1994
• Symposium of the 1993 CalCOFI Conference.
• The State of the California Current in 1993-1994.
• Variation in Life History and Morphology in Northern Anchovies (Engraulis mordax).
• The Central Stock of Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) is not a Randomly Mating Population.
• Seabirds as Indicators of Important Fish Populations in the Gulf of California.
• Fecundity of Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, from Oregon Coastal Waters.
• A Review of the Southern California Experimental Drift Longline Fishery for Sharks, 1988-1991.

Vol. 33, 1992
• Symposium from the 1991 CalCOFI Conference: “A Decade Of Recovery Of The Pacific Sardine”.
• Review of Some California Fisheries for 1991.
• Distribution of Larval Pacific Sardine, Sardinops sagax, in Shallow Coastal Waters between Oceanside and San Onofre, California: 1978-1986.
• Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, Larvae and Estimates of Survival during Early Life Stages.
• Fluctuaciones Periódicas de la Captura de Sardina Crinuda (Opisthonema spp.) en el Golfo de California, 1972-1990.
• Spawning Frequency and Batch Fecundity of Chub Mackerel, Scomber japonicus, during 1985.
• Neustonic Ichthyoplankton in the Northern Region of the California Current Ecosystem.
• Growth and Larval Development of Nyctiphanes simplex in Laboratory Conditions.
CalCOFI Report Volume 48, 2007: Ecological Interactions Useful for Marine Ecosystem-based Management: the Role of Positive Species Interactions, Ecosystem Engineers, and Species Diversity
CalCOFI Report Volume 47, 2006: Symposium from the 2005 CalCOFI Conference: “CalCOFI: The Sum of the Parts”
CalCOFI Report Volume 46, 2005: Symposium from the 2004 CalCOFI Conference: “Pacific Sardine: Past, Present, and Future”
CalCOFI Report Volume 45, 2004: Symposium from the 2003 CalCOFI Conference: “Environmental Variability and its Impact on Invertebrate Fisheries”, and State of the California Current, 2003–2004: “A Rare ‘Normal’ Year”
CalCOFI Report Volume 44, 2003: State of the California Current, 2002–2003: Tropical and Subarctic Influences Vie for Dominance
CalCOFI Report Volume 43, 2002: Symposium from the 2001 CalCOFI Conference: “Rebuilding California’s Abalone Stocks”, and State of the California Current, 2001–2002: “Will the California Current System Keep Its Cool, or Is El Niño Looming?”
CalCOFI Report Volume 42, 2001: Symposium from the 2000 CalCOFI Conference: “Ecosystem-based Fishery Management in the Nearshore Environment”, and State of the California Current, 2000–2001: “A Third Straight La Nina Year”
CalCOFI Report Volume 41, 2000: 50th Anniversary Symposium from the 1999 CalCOFI Conference: “Ecological Effects of the 1998 El Nino in Eastern Boundary Currents”, and State of the California Current, 1999–2000: “Forward to a New Regime?”
CalCOFI Report Volume 40, 1999: Symposium from the 1998 CalCOFI Conference: “A Continuing Dialog on No-Take Reserves for Resource Management”, and State of the California Current, 1998–1999: “Transition to Cool-Water Conditions”
CalCOFI Report Volume 39, 1998: Symposium from the 1997 CalCOFI Conference: “Market Squid: What We Know and What We Need to Know for Effective Management”, and State of the California Current, 1997–1998: “Transition to El Nino Conditions”
CalCOFI Report Volume 38, 1997: Symposium from the 1996 CalCOFI Conference: “The 1996 Hake Symposium”, and State of the California Current, 1996–1997: “Mixed Signals from the Tropics”
CalCOFI Report Volume 37, 1996: Symposium from the 1995 CalCOFI Conference: “Interdecadal Changes In The Ecology Of The California Current: Evidence and Possible Mechanisms”, the Sardine Symposium, and State of the California Current, 1995–1996: “Continuing Declines in Macrozooplankton Biomass during a Period of Nearly Normal Circulation”
CalCOFI Report Volume 36, 1995: Symposium from the 1994 CalCOFI Conference: “The 1991-92 El Nino And Its Impact On Fisheries” and State of the California Current, 1994–1995: “A Period of Transition”
CalCOFI Report Volume 35, 1994: Symposium from the 1993 CalCOFI Conference: “Genetics of the Fauna of the California Current” and State of the California Current, 1993–1994
CalCOFI Report Volume 34, 1993: Symposium from the 1992 CalCOFI Conference: “Satellite Remote Sensing in the California Current and its Utility in Fishery Oceanography” and State of the California Current, 1992–1993: “Preliminary Observations of the 1991-1992 El Nino in the California Current”
CalCOFI Report Volume 33, 1992: Symposium from the 1991 CalCOFI Conference: “A Decade Of Recovery Of The Pacific Sardine”
CalCOFI Report Volume 32, 1991: Symposium from the 1990 CalCOFI Conference: “Fishery Oceanography”
CalCOFI Report Volume 31, 1990: 40th Anniversary Symposium from the 1989 CalCOFI Conference: “Ocean Outlook: Global Change and the Marine Environment”
CalCOFI Report Volume 30, 1989: Symposium from the 1988 CalCOFI Conference: “Can Marine Fisheries be Enhanced? Point/Counterpoint”
CalCOFI Report Volume 29, 1988: Symposium from the 1987 CalCOFI Conference: “The CalCOFI Sampling Protocol and Time Series: Point/Counterpoint”
CalCOFI Report Volume 28, 1987: Symposium from the 1986 CalCOFI Conference: “Perspectives on Mexican Fisheries Science”
CalCOFI Report Volume 27, 1986: Symposium from the 1985 CalCOFI Conference: “Southern California Nearshore Waters: Selected Patterns and Processes”
CalCOFI Report Volume 26, 1985: Symposium from the 1984 CalCOFI Conference: “Comparative Studies of Eastern Ocean Boundary Systems”
CalCOFI Report Volume 25, 1984: Report of the CalCOFI Committee for 1983 and Scientific Contributions
CalCOFI Report Volume 24, 1983: Symposium from the 1982 CalCOFI Conference: “The Larger Pelagic Fishes of the California Current”
CalCOFI Report Volume 23, 1982: Symposium from the 1981 CalCOFI Conference: “Reminiscences Of California Fishery Research And Management”
CalCOFI Report Volume 22, 1981: Symposium from the 1980 CalCOFI Conference: “Low-Frequency Events in the California Current”
CalCOFI Report Volume 21, 1980: Symposium from the 1978 CalCOFI Conference: “Nonconsumable Living Resources of the California Current: Interactions with Consumable Resources and their Exploitation” and Symposium from the 1979 CalCOFI Conference: “Climate and Ecological Regimes”
CalCOFI Report Volume 20, 1979: Symposium from the 1976 CalCOFI Conference: “The Market Squid, Loligo opalescens”
CalCOFI Report Volume 19, 1977: Symposium from the 1975 CalCOFI Conference: “The Anchovy Management Challenge”
CalCOFI Report Volume 18, 1976: Symposium from the 1973 and 1974 CalCOFI Conferences
CalCOFI Report Volume 17, 1974: Symposium from the 1971 and 1972 CalCOFI Conferences
CalCOFI Report Volume 16, 1972: Special Report: The Federal Reorganization and its Impact on Fisheries; Symposium on Pollutants and Contaminants in the California Current System
CalCOFI Report Volume 15, 1971: Symposium on the Development of the San Pedro Wetfish Fishery
CalCOFI Report Volume 14, 1970: Symposium on Population and Fisheries
CalCOFI Report Volume 13, 1969: Symposium on the Living Resources of the California Current System; their fluctuating magnitude, distribution, and susceptibility to use for the benefit of the State of California
CalCOFI Report Volume 12, 1968: Symposium on Wide-Scale Studies of the Ocean
CalCOFI Report Volume 11, 1967: Symposium on Anchovies, Genus Engraulis
CalCOFI Report Volume 10, 1965: Symposium on Larval Fish Biology
CalCOFI Report Volume 09, 1963: Review of Activities 1960-1962 and Scientific Contributions
CalCOFI Report Volume 08, 1961: Symposium on Fisheries Oceanography
CalCOFI Report Volume 07, 1960: Symposium on the Changing Pacific Ocean in 1957 and 1958
CalCOFI Report Volume 06, 1958: Review of Activities 1956-1958 and Scientific Contributions
CalCOFI Report Volume 05, 1956: Review of Activities 1955-1956 and Scientific Contributions
CalCOFI Report Volume 04, 1955: Part I. The Marine Research Committee, 1947-55; Part II. Population Dynamics Of The Pacific Sardine
CalCOFI Report Volume 03, 1953: Sardines And The Ocean; Sardines And Man; Sardines and “Substitute Sardines”
CalCOFI Report Volume 02, 1952: Part I: The Sardine and Its Environment, Yesterday and Today; Part II: The Outlook for the Fishery
CalCOFI Report Volume 01, 1950: How the Work is Done; What has been Accomplished; Plans for 1951