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.

The burnt-red yelloweye and goldfish-orange canary rockfish that roam the Georgia Basin and Puget Sound’s icy deep were listed Tuesday as threatened species.

In a move sure to raise the ire of fishermen, the Pacific Fishery Management Council last week voted to close shore- and ocean-based recreational fishing for groundfish in federal waters off ...

(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 ...

MONTEREY (CBS 5) -- Summertime is rock fishing season, and business is booming on party boats that take anglers out to catch them. Some rockfish species have been overfished and are illegal to ...

The agency says an analysis found that Puget Sound canary rockfish aren't genetically distinct from coastal populations. The federal agency listed the long-living bottom dweller as threatened in 2010.

Monterey Bay is a great place to be if you like to fish. And, we’re really just getting going on our summer season. Fishing has been great all around the bay and it’s going to get better.

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. For bigger fish, try bigger ...

Fish: they're just like us! An aging copper rockfish with cataracts had his left eye surgically removed two years ago at the Vancouver Aquarium. Then, the bullying began. Biologists at the ...

If the allowable bycatch mortality for canary or yelloweye rockfish is met in a season, some fisheries could close early. The package sent to saltwater anglers includes a Shelton Fish Descender, ...