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. ‘Avoid all contact’: Sonoma Coast beaches ...

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 ...

There are grunts and growls, knocks and croaks — but the wild sounds detected by a team of British Columbia researchers don't ...

Anglers around Monterey Bay enjoyed a few very nice fishing days as the 2025 rockfish season eased to a close.

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 ...

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Deep in the Pacific Ocean, there are more than 120 different species of rockfish. Significant genetic diversity, even among closely related species, reveals vastly different life histories associated ...

A wasting disease that kills rockfish and can cause a severe skin infection in humans has spread to nearly three-quarters of the rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay, cradle of the mid-Atlantic's most ...

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 ...