WHITE SEABASS FOREVER!  SIGHTING FORM

An Important message from Freedivers’ White Seabass Conservation Project about the timing and use of the data you will supply below:

    1. The data collected below will be used by the Project for the purposes of conserving White Seabass, providing  data to the scientific community and for recognizing the conservation ethic of freedivers.

   2. The data collected below will be tabulated and released yearly. 

   3. Before any data is released it will be reviewed by the members of the Project to assure that any statistics released support the mission and purpose of the Project as stated in 1. above.

    4. We pledge that the data will not be used by insiders of the Project for their own use or gain.

You may fill out this form and submit it electronically with the submit button below. Please be as accurate as you wish. Don't worry if your text appears to extend beyond the box boundaries. 

Date of the sighting
Time of day
Water depth
Depth of the fish
Water temperature
Number of fish
Location of the sighting, start with a letter or number below and then be as exact as possible.GPS readings would be great. For example, area 7 Anacapa Island, 300 yards straight off the lighthouse GPS: 34,10,05 N-119,22,55 W. From Shore—between county lines A. Santa Cruz County B. Monterey County C. San Luis Obispo D. Santa Barbara E. Ventura F. Los Angles G. San Diego Offshore Banks H. Cortez J. Tanner Off Shore Islands—since most Islands lie roughly East and West, we have arbitrarily divided them on the E/W axis. Therefore, your choices are outside (S), or inside (N). 1. San Miguel-outside 2. San Miguel-inside 3. Santa Rosa-outside 4. Santa Rosa-inside 5. Santa Cruz-outside 6. Santa Cruz-inside 7. Anacapa-outside 8. San Nicholas-outside 9. San Nicholas-inside 10. Santa Barbara 11. Catalina-outside 12. Catalina-inside 13. San Clemente-outside 14. San Clemente-inside
Describe behavior
Was White Seabass your primary target?
For this year, please estimate your White Seabass sightings per hours spent in the water, whether hunting or not. For example if you spent 100 hours in the water and make 2 sightings, you would enter  0.02  (2/100)
Associated marine life, for example baitfish such as sardines, squid, or mackerel and proximity to kelp.
To prevent record duplications, please tell us if you are submitting an award application for this same sighting?
Your name, and contact information. (optional for a sighting alone, but mandatory for concurrent award application— to prevent record duplication)
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