white sea bass
noun
: a large croaker (Atractoscion nobilis) of the Pacific coast of North America that is an important sport and food fish
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Back in 1983, the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program under the California Department of Fish and Wildlife selected the California halibut as a second priority species to support and research, with white sea bass being the first.
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Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
The Hubbs-Seaworld institute, which has been conducting research on replenishing local white sea bass populations for decades, established a program in 2014 to apply their research methods to the halibut.
—Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Scott Blumer recovered his white sea bass minutes after shooting it, but sevengills got there first.
—Mike Raabe, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
This documentary explores the conservation of white sea bass.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
Hunting white sea bass can require up to 100 dives in a single day.
—Mike Raabe, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
The meal from chef Fabian Aceves will include white sea bass crudo, bincho grilled white sea bass with California squid risotto, edible sea urchin, kelp pickles, California ridgeback shrimp and rock crab.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
When cod is unavailable, substitute haddock, hake, cusk, tilapia, pollock, striped bass, or white sea bass.
—Julia Dowling Rutland, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
Other mitigation projects required for SONGS included the white sea bass fish hatchery in the Agua Hedionda Lagoon at Carlsbad, and an artificial reef built to anchor a kelp forest off the coast of San Clemente.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
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Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
The Hubbs-Seaworld institute, which has been conducting research on replenishing local white sea bass populations for decades, established a program in 2014 to apply their research methods to the halibut.
—Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Scott Blumer recovered his white sea bass minutes after shooting it, but sevengills got there first.
—Mike Raabe, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
This documentary explores the conservation of white sea bass.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
Hunting white sea bass can require up to 100 dives in a single day.
—Mike Raabe, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
The meal from chef Fabian Aceves will include white sea bass crudo, bincho grilled white sea bass with California squid risotto, edible sea urchin, kelp pickles, California ridgeback shrimp and rock crab.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
When cod is unavailable, substitute haddock, hake, cusk, tilapia, pollock, striped bass, or white sea bass.
—Julia Dowling Rutland, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
Other mitigation projects required for SONGS included the white sea bass fish hatchery in the Agua Hedionda Lagoon at Carlsbad, and an artificial reef built to anchor a kelp forest off the coast of San Clemente.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
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