Our federal fisheries managers have declared cowcod stocks to be rebuilt, after careful analysis of new and more accurate fish stock assessment data. This is awesome news and I want every red-blooded ...

In the Southern Management Zone (Point Conception to the Mexican border), our maximum allowable fishing depth has been temporarily reduced from 60 fathoms (360 feet) to 50 fathoms (300 feet), from Nov ...

Shester, Ph.D., is the California campaign director and senior scientist for Oceana — the largest nonprofit dedicated solely to ocean conservation — and grew up in Carlsbad. Designating protected ...

The cowcod rockfish — given its bovine name for its beefy appearance — along with a few other species are not doing so well along the Central Coast, despite the fact that populations of other fish in ...

After a 20-year rockfish recovery effort, marine scientists and fishermen reached an unlikely compromise to protect fragile areas of the seafloor off Southern California’s coast while reopening others ...

Therefore, the 4,300-square-mile areas protect numerous species of rockfish in addition to cowcod. Researchers examined trends from 1998 to 2013 in eight species that were historically fished and ...

DFG’s action follows a recommendation made by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) at its September meeting. DFG has determined that cowcod take is projected to exceed the federal limit ...

The following questions were asked on the state Department of Fish & Wildlife website: Question: I fish in Mexico and have a question regarding bringing them back to the U.S. I saw a statement on ...

Dock Totals 2/19– 3/4: 684 anglers aboard 34 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past two weeks caught 1 barracuda, 22 calico bass (88 released), 21 halfmoon, 1 halibut ...

Just west of Los Angeles, decimated populations of spiny rockfish rummage for prey among bush-like corals. Cold currents from deep valleys wash nutrients between the Channel Islands, fertilizing ...

It’s got to be one of the worst ways to go: pulled to the surface against your will, changes in pressure attacking your body, only to be tossed away, no relief in site. Fish inadvertently caught by ...