rockfish

noun rock·fish \ ˈräk-ˌfish \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Definition of rockfish

: any of various fishes that live among rocks or on rocky bottoms: such as

a : any of a genus (Sebastes) of scorpaenid fishes including many important food fishes

b : striped bass

c : any of several groupers

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Trinidad is a popular spot for crabbing and fishing for rockfish and salmon, as well as lagoon and ocean kayaking.

— laura kiniry, Smithsonian, "The 20 Best Small Towns To Visit in 2018," 5 June 2018
Along the Half Moon Bay jetty, kids were fishing gaps between the rocks and having fun catching perch and smallish rockfish.

— sacbee, "Fishing line: Steelhead action improves on American River | The Sacramento Bee," 29 Jan. 2018
Other main courses include pork sausage ($16), rockfish with pistachio salsa ($19) and fried chicken with celery pickles ($16).

— michael bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, "Cal favorite Henry’s scores big with the food," 22 May 2018
Other seafood choices include live Alaska oysters from Simpson Bay just outside of Cordova, along with fresh rockfish, sole and cod.

— steve edwards, Anchorage Daily News, "Fresh Alaska vegetables are a ways off, but local eggs and seafood are here to tide you over," 25 Apr. 2018
In the northern Pacific, for example, the preferred habitat of two commercial species, jack mackerel and canary rockfish, could nearly double in size.

— david malakoff, Science | AAAS, "Warming seas may scramble North America’s fishing industry," 16 May 2018
Sea Wolf ran through the Golden Gate and made mincemeat of rockfish and lingcod at the Farallones.

— sacbee, "Fishing line: Sacramento River sees plenty of stripers and shad | The Sacramento Bee," 30 Apr. 2018
For example, scientists are finding that fish like rockfish are making meals out of pyrosomes instead of feasting on their normal diet of krill and shrimp.

— ted sickinger, OregonLive.com, "Police looking for shooter after one injured in Keizer," 22 Apr. 2018
But for those unwilling to cast for rockfish off the jetty or shimmy into wetsuits for some abalone diving, there’s the Fisherman’s Cove.

— david ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, "10 must-do’s in Sonoma County," 19 Apr. 2018

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