Fishing the deep waters of Prince William Sound in Alaska, Keith DeGraff hooked up to what he thought was a halibut, not the target fish of black cod. Turns out, it was neither. DeGraff landed a ...

Now that we’ve saved the fish, can we save the fishermen? The Pacific rockfish went from near ubiquity to nearly endangered, but today it is a sustainability success story. On top of that, it is ...

Locally caught red snapper was once a staple on Southern California menus and a vital part of the state’s fishing industry. But overfishing took its toll, resulting in federal restrictions nearly two ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Larvae produced by black rockfish, a linchpin of the West Coast commercial fishing industry for the past eight decades, fared better during two recent years of unusually high ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Sebastes ruberrimus’, the Yelloweye rockfish, dwells in deep waters along the California coast and lives upward of 140 years ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California man caught a plump canary rockfish he says weighed in at 10.25 pounds, likely setting state and world records. Southern Baptist Convention continues ...

Rockfish exhibit a 20-fold range in longevities. Available maximum longevities and lengths and for 65 rockfish species (black dots) and ecological comparators (gray dots). While there is a significant ...

BALTIMORE — For the fourth straight year, juvenile rockfish numbers in Maryland waters were well below the historical average, according to a survey conducted by the state Department of Natural ...

For West Coast commercial fishermen and seafood lovers, there is reason to cheer. Rockfish, a genus of more than 100 tasty species depleted decades ago by excessive fishing, have rebounded from ...