Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay, or Pacific Ocean (1887, Smith 1896, nonbreeding migrants);

Geographic Extent

San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay, or Pacific Ocean (1887, Smith 1896, nonbreeding migrants); Redondo Beach/CA/Pacific Ocean (1894, Smith 1896, nonbreeding migrants); Orange County/CA/Santa Ana River (1903, failed stocking, Dill and Crdone 1997); CA/upper Newport Bay (Stocked 1974-1977, non-breeding, Horn et al. 1984) [Morone saxatilis occurs as a sporadic non-reproducing ocean migrant in this region. Stocked in 1974-1986 in San Diego Bay and Mission Bays, dill and Cordone 1997]