Pacific Ocean Perch

At a glance

Pacific Ocean Perch (Sebastes alutus) is a bony-fish species regulated in 2 of 66 jurisdictions tracked by CatchRules across the U.S. and Canada.

Confirmed by 4 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with Alaska, British Columbia, and California the top jurisdictions by observation count.

Notable details

• Can live up to 100 years, one of the longest lifespans of any North Pacific fish.
• The most commercially important rockfish species across the entire North Pacific.
• Found at depths of 100–500 meters from California to Alaska to Japan.
• Populations were severely depleted by foreign trawling fleets in the 1960s and 1970s and are still rebuilding.
• Its bright red-orange color fades within minutes of being brought to the surface.

Where Pacific Ocean Perch are seen

• Alaska2 iNat obs
• British Columbia1 iNat obs
• California1 iNat obs

Jurisdictions with rules for Pacific Ocean Perch

• CaliforniaUnited States · official source

Background

The Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus), also known as the Pacific rockfish, Rose fish, Red bream or Red perch has a wide distribution in the North Pacific from southern California around the Pacific rim to northern Honshū, Japan, including the Bering Sea. The species appears to be most abundant in northern British Columbia, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands (Allen and Smith 1988).

Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Pacific Ocean Perch article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.

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