Most of the meat anglers are focusing on rockfish and lings, but the halibut bite is compelling on flat sandy areas where the water is clear and warm.

Some of the desirable rockfish found from the deepwater also inhabit nearshore areas. These include vermilion and canary rockfish, both very tasty representatives of the rockfish genus.

He focuses on interesting fish like rockfish that is bycatch from Neah Bay. “If there’s a black cod fishery that ends up with 50 pounds of canary rockfish, we try to showcase it,” he explains.

Then, the bullying began. Biologists at the aquarium suspected other fish started picking on the rockfish for only having one eye, so they gave it a prosthetic eye late last year.

Canary rockfish and vermilion rockfish can get huge, and both provide excellent eating as well. The deep reefs also host a good number of lingcod this time of year.

Researchers conducted genetic testing on fin clips collected from rockfish caught by anglers. The agency says an analysis found that Puget Sound canary rockfish aren't genetically distinct from ...

Just a week or so until we can go for the big deepwater rockfish, like this canary brought aboard the beautiful Miss Beth last Oct.. (Contributed) ...

Anglers sometimes unintentionally hook canary rockfish or yelloweye rockfish – species that are federally considered overfished and are therefore illegal to keep.

New genetic information has changed the listing status for one Puget Sound rockfish and changed the boundary descriptions for others.

The emergency closure, designed to protect overfished stocks of lingcod and canary rockfish, will go into effect Nov. 21. The rockfish season was supposed to last through December, but data ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The National Marine Fisheries Service has designated critical habitat for three species of Puget Sound rockfish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The habitat designation ...

Some rockfish species have been overfished and are illegal to catch. But fishermen say the rules aimed at saving the fish are killing them instead.