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OverviewOcean Salmon
Marine Resources Program
Widow Rockfish
Groundfish
Widow Rockfish (Sebastes entomelas)
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Please Note: In June the PFMC increased the harvest cap of Widow Rockfish to 2.4 metric tons from it's previous cap of 1.4 metric tons.

 

Description

Brassy brown to dusky, lighter ventrally. Membranes of fins dark (lighter on spinous dorsal). Caudal peduncle is narrow. Anal fin has a strong posterior slant. Strongly rounded (convex) forehead.

Size

To 59 cm (23 inches).

Range/Habitat

Middle Albatross Bank off Kodiak Island, Alaska, to Todos Santos Bay, Baja California.

Depth

Schooling near surface to 300 fm.

Remarks

Very important commercially in midwater trawl fishery off waters from Washington to California.

Other common names

brownie, brown bomber, soft brown

Credits

Picture: Bill Barss, ODFW


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