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Definition of rockfish
: any of various fishes that live among rocks or on rocky bottoms: such asa : any of a genus (Sebastes) of scorpaenid fishes including many important food fishesb : striped bassc : any of several groupers
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In other parts of the world, catch rates for species like cod and rockfish have fallen by 50 to 70 percent in the days after seismic tests.
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In other parts of the world, catch rates for species like cod and rockfish have fallen by 50 to 70 percent in the days after seismic tests.
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Deep Reef was the place for rockfish and lingcod fishing aboard Queen of Hearts and Huli Cat.
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The research, which focused on charter fishing spots around Homer and Sitka, found that moving to different areas also allowed some boats to target salmon, rockfish and lingcod in addition to halibut.
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Three years ago, for example, was a great year for survival rates of young darkblotched rockfish.
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EUREKA Taking full advantage of good weather and calm seas, boaters fished Cape Mendocino where the rockfish were thick and lingcod were biting everything in sight.
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Fisherman after rockfish or crabs had arrived early.
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Coastal bottom-fishing is very good for black rockfish and lingcod.
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