Focus Groups

1
Focus Groups

• Lao Khmu Association 8/4/05
• 9 participants
• All male
• 7 Lao and 2 Hmong
• United Cambodian Families 8/11/04
• 10 participants
• 2 female, 8 male
• All Cambodian

2
Most Popular Species

• Striped bass
• Catfish (Channel and White)
• Bluegill
• Trout
• Crappie
• Black bass
• Sturgeon desirable but rare
• Also Mentioned
• Tule perch
• Clams and crawdads

3
Lao/Hmong Focus Group Fishing Sites

• Whiskey Slough
• Bacon Island
• 8-mile Road, 2nd Bridge
• England River Not identified
• Rio Vista
• Hwy 160 Bridge Antioch Pier
• Ribbon River Not identified
• Middle River Bridge Tracy Hwy 4
• McDonald Tract
• Sacramento River North of Rio Vista Isleton
• West of Sherman Island East of Honker Bay
• Hogan Lake Calaveras River
• Lake Pardee Mokelumne River

4
Cambodian Focus Group Fishing Sites
Bacon Island Whiskey Slough Tracy 8th Street, 3rd
Bridge Not identified Rio Vista / Hwy 12 Hwy 12
to Hwy 4, 2nd Bridge Antioch Pier Middle River
Bridge I-5 to Hwy 4 (Charter Way) Old Town
Mokelumne River Not identified Brookside Rd,
West Stockton Calaveras River Green Bridge on
I-5 before 205 Mossdale
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Results

• Many important fishing sites are already included
  in the sampling plan.
• Not included in sampling plan
• Middle River bridge (_at_ Hwy 4)
• San Joaquin River in Tracy
• Calaveras River in Stockton
• Sacramento River at Isleton
• Sherman Lake
• Some anglers are fishing outside the Delta
  because of the Delta advisory
• (examples Hogan Lake, Pardee Reservoir).

6
Results

• Most people in these focus groups receive
  information by word of mouth and non-written
  sources.
• They are very concerned about their health and
  will follow advisories if they know them.
• They prefer to have advisories telling them which
  fish they can and cannot eat (rather than no. of
  servings per month).