Species profile
Copper Rockfish
Sebastes caurinus
At a glance
Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) is a bony-fish species regulated in 5 of 66 jurisdictions tracked by CatchRules across the U.S. and Canada.
The strictest bag limit is 1 (California); the most generous is 10 (Alaska).
Confirmed by 2,368 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with British Columbia, California, and Alaska the top jurisdictions by observation count.
Notable details
- Copper rockfish can live over 50 years, making them among the longest-lived nearshore fish.
- Their coloring is highly variable, ranging from copper-pink to orange, olive, or dark brown.
- Adults typically reach 16–24 inches and can weigh up to 10 pounds.
- Like all Pacific rockfish, they are livebearers that release free-swimming larvae.
- They occupy rocky reefs and kelp beds from Alaska to Baja California.
Where Copper Rockfish are seen
Jurisdictions with rules for Copper Rockfish
Background
The copper rockfish (also known as the copper seaperch), Sebastes caurinus, is a fish of the Sebastidae family (rockfish, rockcod and thornyheads).
Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Copper Rockfish article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.
Other bony fish on CatchRules
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