Species: Sebastes crameri

Darkblotched Rockfish
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Fishes of Puget Sound and adjacent waters
Species of concern in the Salish Sea
Fishes of the Salish Sea

Science Review:

7. Rockfish

Articles:

Spatial and Temporal Variation in River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Diet and Predation on Rockfish (Genus Sebastes) in the San Juan Islands, Washington

A 2014 paper in the journal Aquatic Mammals examines coastal river otter predation on rockfish at three islands in the Salish Sea.

River otter with crab. Photo courtesy of the SeaDoc Society.
Report: Rockfish recovery in the Salish Sea

There are at least 28 species of rockfish in the Salish Sea, but their populations have declined in the past several decades. The proceedings from a 2011 rockfish recovery workshop in Seattle are now available.

Canary Rockfish (Sebastes pinniger). Photo by Tippy Jackson, courtesy of NOAA.
Rockfish

Approximately 27 species of rockfish are reported from Puget Sound, spanning a range of life-history types, habitats, and ecological niches.

Brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus). Image courtesy of NOAA.
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