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 ...

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, ...

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, Oregon Coast Aquarium. By . Bill Monroe | For The Oregonian/OregonLive; Fishing for groundfish (sea bass, rockfish, etc.) off the Oregon Coast will be limited to inside the ...

(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 ...

A yelloweye rockfish suffers from barotrauma, a rapid decrease in pressure that causes the fish's swim bladder to expand. As bad as the fish looks, it is quickly returned to around 100 feet, its ...

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 ...

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.

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).