Today’s announcement proposes to designate 1,184 square miles for canary rockfish and bocaccio and 574 square miles for yelloweye rockfish. The marine waters in the proposal include near-shore kelp ...

Limits for yelloweye rockfish will more than double, while substantial increases will be allowed for California scorpionfish, bocaccio and Pacific Ocean perch, ...

“Some rockfish can live to be 100 years old, so wiping out Puget Sound rockfish is like clearcutting an old-growth forest.” In 2010 the National Marine Fisheries Service listed the Puget Sound/Georgia ...

In an unprecedented move to protect endangered rockfish, a government council has ordered an emergency ban on bottom fishing off most of the California coast. Fishermen said the action Thursday ...

In 2019, the annual catch limit for California scorpionfish, also known as sculpin, will rise from 150 metric tons to 313 metric tons, or 108%; for yelloweye rockfish from 20 metric tons to 40 ...

(CN) - The National Marine Fisheries Service has removed a rockfish from the national List of Endangered Species and eliminated its habitat designation due to new genetic information. The action ...

Yelloweye rockfish. Fish and Game is placing stricter limits on rockfish this season, which is says is to make sure the species doesn't dip to unsustainable levels. (From ADFG) Tourists are lured ...

Rockfish that live in sheltered waters — including yelloweye, silvergray, China and quillback — are sensitive populations. These bottom-dwellers like to bite and tend to stay in the same area ...

Yelloweye Rockfish is one of 38 species of rockfish found along the coast of British Columbia (B.C.), and is of Special Concern under Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA).

Also a complete ban on the take of bronze spotted, quillback, yelloweye rockfish and cow cod remains in effect. fishing for these species is closed year-round, at all depths.

SECHELT, BC, March 4, 2025 /CNW/ - Canada's marine species are a precious resource and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)'s mandate is to help sustain and protect them, now and for the future. The case ...