Inshore: Rockfish, sculpin and yellowtail are the main local catches off the kelp edge and on the high spots. A few grumpy-sized sand bass are showing up prespawn, and some decent calicos have hit ...

Lots of long boat rides with little results for those boats hunting tuna in local waters out to 40 miles or so. A few biters were coaxed out of the metered and sighted schools along with a few on ...

Commercial species including bass and rockfish use kelp for cover, and rockfish larvae take shelter in the upper water column. Fish, in turn, are food for seals, sea lions and others mammals.

First they examined a healthy kelp forest just down the coast from the urchin zone, taking inventory of the sea life amid the swaying green columns: rockfish, surf perch and kelp bass, among other ...

Giant sea bass can live at least 70 years, grow 7 feet in length and weigh up to 560 pounds. The breeding population of giant sea bass — which is listed as critically endangered by the ...

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...

Press ReleaseOverfishing and changes in ocean conditions have contributed to the collapse of barred sand bass and kelp bass off the Southern California coast, according to a new study led by a ...

DANA POINT Capt. Chris Pica knew exactly where to go when researchers from Cal State Northridge asked him to help them find endangered giant sea bass. For months, Larry Allen, chairman of the unive… ...

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, ...