California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Records, 1949-2004 (SAC 50)

OFF-SITE STORAGE: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW TWO TO THREE (2-3) WEEKS FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.

Extent: 53 Linear feet (100 archives boxes, 13 records cartons and 11 flat boxes)

The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) records include administrative files, conference and committee materials, reports, documentation and data collected during quarterly cruises from 1972-1974 and 1983-2004. Early materials document drift bottle studies from 1963-1982.

In 1949, the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) was formed to study the ecological aspects of the sardine population collapse off the coast of southern California. The effort, originally called the California Cooperative Sardine Research Program, was designed as a joint effort by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Academy of Sciences. CalCOFI, still in operation, conducts quarterly cruises to collect hydrographic and biological data off the coast of southern and central California.

The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) records include administrative files, conference and committee materials, reports, documentation and data collected during quarterly cruises from 1972-1974 and 1983-2004. Early materials document drift bottle studies from 1963-1982.

Arranged in three series: 1) DRIFT BOTTLE FILES, 2) CRUISE DATA, 3) ADMINISTRATIVE FILES.

California Marine Research Committee records. SAC 49.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Marine Life Research Group Records. SAC 20.

Container List

DRIFT BOTTLE FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) DRIFT BOTTLE FILES: This series contains materials related to drift bottle studies conducted off the coast of California from 1963-1982. Materials include correspondence with people who find the bottles, papers and clippings about the project, charts and data analysis, as well as an original card and photograph of a bottle.

Box 1 Folder 1
Completed drift card analysis
Box 1 Folder 2-3
Correspondence, 1963 - 1979
Box 1 Folder 4
Returned letters, 1979 - 1982
Box 1 Folder 5
Form letter, charts & misc. material - Includes photograph of bottle
Box 1 Folder 6
Scientific contributions

CRUISE DATA

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CRUISE DATA: This series contains reports, documentation, and data collected during CalCOFI's quarterly cruises. Arranged in three subseries: A) Cruise Files, B) CTD/STD Data, and C) Oversize Charts & Data.

A) Cruise Files: This subseries records data collected during CalCOFI's quarterly cruises. Materials include - but are not limited to - personnel lists, station activity logs, weather observation reports, sample log sheets, and nutrient data. These files are arranged chronologically with materials from 1972-1974 & 1983-2004.

While some CTD/STD Data sets are located in these files, the bulk can be found in subseries B) CTD/STD Data. Oversize materials were relocated to subseries C) Oversize Charts & Data.

B) CTD/STD Data: Comprised of large computer printout lists of data. These generally correspond with the Cruise Files in the previous subseries, but not all cruises have data found here. The subseries is arranged chronologically. Oversize charts originally housed within these reports have been removed, flattened and stored in the following subseries, Oversize Charts & Data.

C) Oversize Charts & Data: The final subseries contains charts and data sets larger than 11" x 14". These bulk of the charts were removed from the CTD/STD Data files, flattened and stored together in flat boxes. The files are arranged chronologically by cruise.

Cruise Files

Box 1 Folder 7
Chemistry report & memo from Peter Davoll, 1966
Box 1 Folder 8-10
South Tow, Leg 3 & 4, March 31 - May 17, 1972
Box 1 Folder 11
South Tow, Legs 9, 10, 11, 12 - Surface salinity, 1972 - 1973
Box 2 Folder 1-4
CATO, Leg II, July 9 - August 10, 1972
Box 2 Folder 5-6
CLIMAX VII, August 13 - September 29, 1973
Box 2 Folder 7
CLIMAX VIII, December 4-18, 1973

Tasaday IX, January 7-30, 1974

Box 2 Folder 8-10
Data files
Box 3 Folder 1
Meter wheel readings
Box 3 Folder 2-8
Tasaday XI, February 4 - March 3, 1974
Box 4 Folder 1-6
KRILL, Legs 1-4, May 24 - August 7, 1974
Box 4 Folder 7
KRILL, Legs 5-7, August 10 - September 12, 1974
Box 4 Folder 8
8312 NH - 8402 NH - Productivitys, raw data & calculations, 1983 - 1984
Box 5 Folder 1-4
8402-3 J, 8404 NH, 8406 NH, 8407 NH, 8410 NH, 8502 M, 8511 NH - Productivitys, raw data & calculations, 1984 - 1985

8602 JD, February 5-10 & 13-20, 1986

Box 5 Folder 5-9
Data files, February 5-10 & 13-20, 1986
Box 6 Folder 1-7
Data files

Clearwater 86 (CW86), March 1986

Box 6 Folder 8-9
Data files
Box 7 Folder 1-5
Data files

Squirts 86 (SQ86), March 1986

Box 7 Folder 6-12
Data files
Box 8 Folder 1
Nutrient data
Box 8 Folder 2
Hydro data

8605 JD, May 9-22, 1986

Box 8 Folder 3-9
Data files
Box 9 Folder 1-5
Nutrient data

8609 NH, September 18 - October 3, 1986

Box 9 Folder 6-10
Data files
Box 10 Folder 1-8
Data files
Box 10 Folder 9-10
Nutrient data
Box 11 Folder 1
Nutrient data

8611 NH, November 1986

Box 11 Folder 2-9
Data files
Box 12 Folder 1-7
Data files

8703 JD, March 1987

Box 12 Folder 8-9
Data files, March 1987
Box 13 Folder 1-8
Data files

8705 JD, April 30 - May 14, 1987

Box 13 Folder 9
Data files
Box 14 Folder 1-10
Data files

SQ87, April 28 - May 23, 1987

Box 15 Folder 1-7
Data files
Box 16 Folder 1
Temps
Box 16 Folder 2-5
Nutrient data
Box 16 Folder 6
Beer's & SW - DW
Box 16 Folder 7
Bryan Btle. test cruise - RV Sproul , July 1987

8709 NH, September 4-19, 1987

Box 16 Folder 8-9
Data files
Box 17 Folder 1-8
Data files
Box 18 Folder 1-10
8711 NH, November 1987

8801 JD, January 19 - February 2, 1988

Box 19 Folder 1-5
Data files
Box 19 Folder 6-9
Nutrient data
Box 20 Folder 1
Meter wheel readings
Box 20 Folder 2
Dowd Seamount Survey - Loren Havry, RV Thomas Washington , March 1988

8805 JD, April 28 - May 12, 1988

Box 20 Folder 3-7
Data files
Box 20 Folder 8
Nutrient data
Box 21 Folder 1-2
Nutrient data

Fronts 88, August 28 - September 23, 1988

Box 21 Folder 3-7
Data files
Box 22 Folder 1-3
Data files
Box 22 Folder 4-5
Log sheets
Box 22 Folder 6-7
CTD - Console Operations Log
Box 23 Folder 1-2
Preliminary CTD data, June 9, 1989

8808 NH, August 8-24, 1988

Box 23 Folder 3-8
Data files
Box 24 Folder 1-5
Data files

8810 NH, October 11-26, 1988

Box 24 Folder 6-9
Data files
Box 25 Folder 1-7
Data files

8901 JD, January 19 - February 4, 1989

Box 25 Folder 8-9
Data files
Box 26 Folder 1-8
Data files

8904 JD, April 16 - May 6, 1989

Box 27 Folder 1-9
Data files
Box 28 Folder 1-3
Data files

8907 NH, July 1989

Box 28 Folder 4-8
Data files
Box 29 Folder 1-6
Data files
Box 29 Folder 7-8
8908 NH (3rd leg of 8907 NH) - Roemich Box, August 2-8, 1989

8911 NH, November 6-20, 1989

Box 30 Folder 1-9
Data files
Box 31 Folder 1-2
Data files

9003 JD, March 4-19, 1990

Box 31 Folder 3-9
Data files
Box 32 Folder 1-2
Data files

9004 JD, April 17 - May 2, 1990

Box 32 Folder 3-9
Data files
Box 33 Folder 1
Data files
Box 33 Folder 2
9004 JD & 9006(?) - CTD test data

9008 NH, July 25 - August 10, 1990

Box 33 Folder 3-10
Data files
Box 34 Folder 1-2
Charts

9011 NH, November 5-20, 1990

Box 34 Folder 3-8
Data files
Box 35 Folder 1-3
Data files

9101 JD, January 8-23, 1991

Box 35 Folder 4-8
Data files
Box 36 Folder 1-3
Data files

9103 JD, February - March 1991

Box 36 Folder 4-9
Data files
Box 37 Folder 1-3
Data files

9108 JD, July 24 - August 9, 1991

Box 37 Folder 4-9
Data files
Box 38 Folder 1-3
Data files

9110 NH, September - October 1991

Box 38 Folder 4-9
Data files
Box 39 Folder 1-4
Data files

9202 JD, January 28 - February 11, 1992

Box 39 Folder 5-10
Data files
Box 40 Folder 1-3
Nutrient data
Box 40 Folder 4
9203 Forage Cruise - Final data [includes floppy disk]

9204 JD, April 13-30, 1992

Box 40 Folder 5-8
Data files
Box 41 Folder 1-5
Data files

9207 JD, July 2-16, 1992

Box 41 Folder 6-9
Data files
Box 42 Folder 1-7
Data files

9210 NH, September 26 - October 11, 1992

Box 42 Folder 8
Data files
Box 43 Folder 1-9
Data files
Box 44 Folder 1
Meter wheel readings

9301 JD, January 12-27, 1993

Box 44 Folder 2-8
Data files
Box 45 Folder 1-3
Data files

9304 JD, March 30 - April 15, 1993

Box 45 Folder 4-7
Data files
Box 46 Folder 1-7
Data files
Box 46 Folder 8
9307 Forage Cruise - Final data [includes floppy disk]
Box 47 Folder 1-8
9308 NH, August 1993

9310 NH, October 8-26, 1993

Box 47 Folder 9
Data files
Box 48 Folder 1-10
Data files - Includes Veit's bird observations
Box 49 Folder 1-9
9401 JD, January - February 1994

9403 JD, March 22 - April 8, 1994

Box 49 Folder 10
Data files
Box 50 Folder 1-8
Data files

9408 NH, August 5-20, 1994

Box 50 Folder 9-11
Data files
Box 51 Folder 1-7
Data files

9410 NH, September 30 - October 15, 1994

Box 51 Folder 8-9
Data files
Box 52 Folder 1-7
Data files

9501 JD, January 4-21, 1995

Box 52 Folder 8-10
Data files
Box 53 Folder 1-4
Data files

9504 NH, April 6-22, 1995

Box 53 Folder 5-12
Data files
Box 54 Folder 1
Data files

9507 JD, July 6-22, 1995

Box 54 Folder 2-9
Data files
Box 55 Folder 1
Charts

9510 NH, October 6-28, 1995

Box 55 Folder 2-9
Data files
Box 56 Folder 1-3
Nutrient data
Box 56 Folder 4-10
9602 JD, January 29 - February 16, 1996
Box 57 Folder 1-8
9604 JD, April 15 - May 3, 1996
Box 58 Folder 1-9
9608 NH, August 7-25, 1996

9610 RR, October 10 - November 11, 1996

Box 59 Folder 1-5
Data files
Box 59 Folder 6-7
Nutrient data
Box 60 Folder 1
Nutrient data

9702 JD, January - February 1997

Box 60 Folder 2-9
Data files
Box 61 Folder 1
Charts
Box 61 Folder 2-10
9704 NH, April 2-20, 1997
Box 62 Folder 1-9
9707 JD, July 1-18, 1997

9709 NH, September 20 - October 6, 1997

Box 62 Folder 10-11
Data files
Box 63 Folder 1-7
Data files
Box 63 Folder 8-9
9710 JD, October 6-14, 1997

Lines 73, 70, 67, 63 out to sta. 80, began a few days after 9709

9711 MC, November 17-22, 1997

Box 63 Folder 10
Data files
Box 64 Folder 1
Data files
Box 64 Folder 2-10
9802 JD, January 23 - February 14, 1998
Box 64 Folder 11
9803 SP - Positions & weather, March 11-16, 1998
Box 65 Folder 1-9
9804 JD, April 2-23, 1997
Box 66 Folder 1-10
9807 NH, July 9-27, 1998
Box 67 Folder 1-10
9809 NH, September 13 - October 1, 1998
Box 68 Folder 1-4
9812 SP, 9811 SP, 9810 SP, 9808 SP, 9806 SP, 9805 SP, 9803 SP, 9712 SP - Mini El Niño [Disbound binders]

9901 RR, January 9-31, 1999

Box 68 Folder 5
Data files
Box 69 Folder 1-7
Data files

9904 JD, April 1-20, 1999

Box 69 Folder 8-10
Data files
Box 70 Folder 1-6
Data files

9908 NH, August 8-29, 1999

Box 70 Folder 7-10
Data files
Box 71 Folder 1-6
Data files

9910 NH, October 1999

Box 71 Folder 7-10
Data files
Box 72 Folder 1-6
Data files

0001 NH, January 7-27, 2000

Box 72 Folder 7-10
Data files
Box 73 Folder 1-6
Data files

0004 JD, April 7-29, 2000

Box 73 Folder 7-11
Data files
Box 74 Folder 1-6
Data files

0007 NH, June 29 - July 14, 2000

Box 74 Folder 7-11
Data files
Box 75 Folder 1-6
Data files

0010 NH, October 12-31, 2001

Box 75 Folder 7-10
Data files
Box 76 Folder 1-5
Data files

0101 JD, January 7-26, 2001

Box 76 Folder 6-10
Data files
Box 77 Folder 1-5
Data files

0104 JD, April 6 - May 3, 2001

Box 77 Folder 6-10
Data files
Box 78 Folder 1-5
Data files

0107 NH, July 10-27, 2001

Box 78 Folder 6-10
Data files
Box 79 Folder 1-4
Nutrient data & plots

0110 NH, October 25 - November 9, 2001

Box 79 Folder 5-10
Data files
Box 80 Folder 1-4
Data files

0201 JD, January 24 - February 11, 2002

Box 80 Folder 5-9
Data files
Box 81 Folder 1-4
Data files
Box 81 Folder 5
0201 JD & 0204 JD - Final figures

0204 JD, March 28 - April 12, 2002

Box 81 Folder 6-10
Data files
Box 82 Folder 1-4
Data files

0207 NH, July 2-18, 2002

Box 82 Folder 5-8
Data files
Box 83 Folder 1-4
Data files

0211 NH, November 10-26, 2002

Box 83 Folder 5-10
Data files
Box 83 Folder 11
Nutrient data
Box 84 Folder 1
Nutrient data

0302 JD, January 30 - February 25, 2003

Box 84 Folder 2-8
Data files
Box 84 Folder 9
Nutrient data
Box 85 Folder 1-2
Nutrient data & Beer's Law charts with edits

0304 RR, April 4-24, 2003

Box 85 Folder 3-10
Data files
Box 86 Folder 1-5
Data files

0307 NH, July 17-30, 2003

Box 86 Folder 6-9
Data files
Box 87 Folder 1-7
Data files

0310 NH, October 20 - November 4, 2003

Box 87 Folder 8-10
Data files
Box 88 Folder 1-7
Data files

0401 JD, January 5-30, 2004

Box 88 Folder 8
Data files
Box 89 Folder 1-10
Data files

0404 NH, March 23 - April 9, 2004

Box 90 Folder 1-9
Data files
Box 90 Folder 10
Nutrient data
Box 91 Folder 1
Nutrient data
Box 91 Folder 2-9
0407 JD, July 12-24, 2004

CTD/STD Data

Box 92
CATO Expedition Legs I & II, CATO STD Lowerings, CATO I & II Nutrients, undated
Box 93
7604-G - Corrected & uncorrected STD
Box 94
8107 NH - 8108 NH, 1981; 8703 JD - 8709 NH, 1987
Box 95
8711 NH, 1987; 8801 JD - 8810 NH, 1988
Box 96
8901 JD - 8911 NH, 1989; Thermometer calibration data, 1987 - 1991
Box 97
9003 JD - 9011 NH, 1990; Fronts 88 - Rosette Bottle data & Prodo casts
Box 98
9101 JD - 9110 NH, 1991; 9202 JD, 1992
Box 99
9204 JD - 9210 NH, 1992; 9301 JD
Box 100
9308 NH - 9310 NH, 1993; 9403 JD - 9410 NH, 1994
Box 101
9501 JD - 9510 NH, 1995; 9602 JD - 9604 JD, 1996
Box 102
9608 NH - 9610 RR, 1996; 9702 JD - 9709 NH, 1997
Box 103
9802 JD - 9809 NH, 1998; 9712 SP - 9812 SP, mini El Nino; 9901 RR, 1999
Box 104
9904 JD - 9910 NH, 1999; 0001 NH - 0010 NH, 2000

Oversize Charts & Data

Box 105
CATO data, CATO II, CATO III - Tape list
Box 106
South Tow III & IV, CLIMAX VII, Tasaday IX, Tasaday XI, KRILL Legs 1-4
Box 107
KRILL, Legs 5-7; 8703 JD; 8705 JD; SQ 87; 8709 NH; 8711 NH
Box 108
8801 JD, 8805 JD, Fronts 88, 8808 NH, 8810 NH, 8901 JD, 8904 JD
Box 109
8907 NH, 8911 NH, 9003 JD, 9004 JD, 9007 NH, 9011 NH, 9101 JD, 9103 JD
Box 110
9108 JD, 9110 NH, 9202 JD, 9204 JD, 9207 JD, 9210 NH, 9301 JD, 9304 JD, 9308 JD, 9310 NH
Box 111
9401 JD, 9403 JD, 9408 NH, 9410 NH, 9501 JD, 9504 NH, 9507 JD, 9510 NH, 9602 JD, 9604 JD
Box 112 Folder 1-6
9608 NH, 9610 RR, 9702 JD, 9704 NH, 9707 JD, 9709 NH
Box 112 Folder 7
9712, 9803, 9805, 9806 SP
Box 112 Folder 8
9808, 9810, 9811, 9812 SP
Box 113
9802 JD, 9804 JD, 9807 NH, 9809 NH, 9901 RR, 9904 JD, 9908 NH, 9910 NH
Box 114
0001 NH, 0004 JD, 0007 NH, 0010 NH, 0101 JD, 0104 JD, 0107 NH
Box 115
0110 NH, 0201 JD, 0204 JD, 0211 NH, 0302 JD, 0304 RR, 0307 NH, 0310 NH, 0401 JD, 0407 JD

ADMINISTRATIVE FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) ADMINISTRATIVE FILES: A small selection of administrative files including agreements, conference and committee materials, correspondence, reports, and photographs. Arranged alphabetically.

Agreements

Box 116 Folder 1
Memorandum of cooperation between Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE) at Ensenada and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1990
Box 116 Folder 2-5
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), UC San Diego, and California Department of Fish and Game (CF&G), 1974-1994
Box 116 Folder 6-8
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the State of California Marine Research Committee (MRC) - Agreements and correspondence, 1949-1958

Includes correspondence regarding funds and the FWS Black Douglas (research vessel).

Box 116 Folder 9-14
CalCOFI Conferences and Symposiums - Correspondence, notes, abstracts, reports, and photographs, 1975-1989

Photograph of 1981 Symposium includes: Joseph Reid, Richard Croker, John Baxter, Rebecca Powell, Arthur McEvoy, and Frances Clark.

Committees

Box 117 Folder 1-7
CalCOFI Committee - Correspondence, agendas, minutes, and reports, 1959, 1966, 1973-1999
Box 117 Folder 8-9
Marine Research Committee (MRC) - Correspondence, minutes, budgets, proposals, and reports, 1949-1966
Box 118 Folder 1-9
Marine Research Committee (MRC) - Correspondence, minutes, budgets, proposals, and reports, 1957-1978
Box 119 Folder 1
Special Technical Committee - Meeting minutes and report draft, 1953-1957

Committee was appointed by the Marine Research Committee to evaluate the CalCOFI research program.

Box 119 Folder 2-9
Correspondence - Chronological, 1959-1985

Includes correspondence related to CalCOFI Conferences.

Box 120 Folder 1-2
Correspondence - Wilbert M. Chapman, 1960-1962

Includes correspondence and draft report by Chapman "Effect of the 1960 Law of the Sea Conference on the high seas fisheries."

Box 120 Folder 3-4
Cruise photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and slides, ca. 1962-1990

Includes images of research, instruments, students, and the R/V Alexander Agassiz.

Box 120 Folder 5
Financial assistance awards, 1987-1988
Box 120 Folder 6-7
Historical documents, 1964-1984

Documents were compiled by CalCOFI. Includes correpondence, reports, and meeting minutes.

Instituto Nacional de Pesca (INP)

Box 120 Folder 8
Agreement between CalCOFI and INP, 1977
Box 120 Folder 9-10
CalCOFI and INP Coordinating Committee, 1975-1978
Box 121 Folder 1-2
CalCOFI and INP Coordinating Committee, 1979-1980
Box 121 Folder 3-9
CalCOFI and INP Coordinating Committee - Subcommittees, 1975-1980

Includes Acoustics Subcommittee, Aging and Sampling Subcommittee, Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) Subcommittee, Data Management Subcommittee, Modeling Subcommittee, Plankton and Hydrography Subcommittee, and Stock Assessment and Recruitment.

Box 121 Folder 10
CalCOFI and INP Coordinating Committee - Scientific collection and specimen shipments to Mexico, 1977-1978
Box 121 Folder 11
Meeting, Mazatlán, Mexico, 1978
Box 121 Folder 12
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), 1992

Includes address delivered by Guillermo Jimenez Morales on the theme of crisis in marine mammal administration, Sixth Bi-National Dialogue to Analyze Critical Issues in the Mexico-United States Relationship.

Box 121 Folder 13-14
Mexico partnerships - Agreements, correspondence, meeting materials, and research clearances, 1974-1975
Box 122 Folder 1-6
Mexico partnerships - Agreements, correspondence, meeting materials, and research clearances, 1976-1988
Box 122 Folder 7
National University of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina - Meeting photographs, 1984

Includes images of Admiral Alvarez, George Hemingway, and others.

Box 122 Folder 8
Permit requests, 1987-1988
Box 122 Folder 9
Process oriented research - Recommendations and planning correspondence, 1982-1983
Box 122 Folder 10
Publicity - Newspaper clippings and press release, 1986-1988

Reports

Box 122 Folder 11-12
Murphy, Garth I. Working paper for review of CalCOFI program, 1959

Includes correspondence and notes on the objectives of CalCOFI.

Box 122 Folder 13
Preliminary cruise analysis reports, 1955
Box 123 Folder 1-5
Preliminary cruise reports, 1949-1960
Box 124 Folder 1-5
Preliminary cruise reports, 1961-1974
Box 124 Folder 6
Preliminary reports on pelagic area study, 1954
Box 124 Folder 7
Prospectus for an expanded CalCOFI research program, 1951-1960
Box 124 Folder 8
Report on the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), 1960 May 26

Report written by Garth I. Murphy on behalf of the CalCOFI Committee.

Box 124 Folder 9
Smith, Paul E. A review of the pacific sardine research 1942 conceptual model of Dr. O. Elton Sette, undated