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 ...

Rockfish can live 100 years and take 17 or more to reach sexual maturity. “I liken it to logging,” said Bargmann. “When you cut down a tree it takes a long time for another to take its place.

Rockfish is a term that encompasses a variety of more than 70 species that live near the rocky shores of the North American West Coast. These saltwater fish are known for living in cold and ...

That must include the possibility of once again imposing a moratorium on the harvest of rockfish, as Maryland did between 1985 and 1989. Skip to content. ... That approach helped save the species, ...

The survey offersa bleak outlook for rockfish, as they're more commonly know in Maryland, throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. Here's what to know.

“And those types of things are a lot of times out of our control.” Still, the last time Maryland’s juvenile rockfish index even climbed above 4 was in 2018, when the index reached 14.8.

The survey offersa bleak outlook for rockfish, as they're more commonly know in Maryland, throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. Here's what to know. Key young-of-year index for rockfish continues ...

R ockfish DNA may hold the secrets to a longer life, according to a study published yesterday (January 11) in Science Advances.Some rockfish species can live to be 200 years old, making them some of ...

The species is also known for its fight, which adds to the sport and charter fishery’s allure. The rockfish board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, ...

These species are vital to the ecology of the Bay as a food source for many other species of fish and wildlife. What's being done to rebuild rockfish population in Chesapeake Bay ...