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Below are lists of rockfish by category (nearshore, shelf or slope) and geographic
coordinates for locations that are referred to in fisheries regulations.
Rockfish Categories
Currently, many regulations are designed to lessen the impacts of fishing on certain species of rockfish. Rockfish (except thornyheads)
are divided into categories north and south of 40°10’ N. latitude, depending
on the depth where they are often caught: nearshore, shelf, or slope.
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“Nearshore” is defined (by the California Nearshore Fishery Management Plan)
as the area from the high-tide line offshore to a depth of 120 ft (20 fm).
“Shelf” refers to the continental shelf, while “slope” refers to the continental
slope.
Rockfish (except thornyheads) are divided into categories north and south
of 40°10’ N. latitude, depending on the depth where they are often caught:
nearshore, shelf, or slope.
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Nearshore rockfish
are the minor rockfish species listed below.
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North of 40°10’ N. latitude
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South of 40°10’ N. latitude
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black (Sebastes melanops)
black and yellow (S. chrysolmelas)
blue (S. mystinus)
brown (S. auriculatus)
calico (S. dalli)
China (S. nebulosus)
copper (S. caurinus)
gopher (S. carnatus)
grass (S. rastelliger)
kelp (S. atrovirens)
olive (S. serranoides)
quillback (S. maliger)
treefish (S. serriceps)
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black (Sebastes melanops)
black and yellow (S. chrysomelas)
blue (S. mystinus)
brown (S. auriculatus)
calico (S. dalli)
California scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata
China (S. nebulosus)
copper (S. caurinus)
gopher (S. carnatus)
grass (S. rastrelliger)
kelp (S. atrovirens)
olive (S. serranoides)
quillback (S. maliger)
treefish (S. serriceps)
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Shelf rockfish include
shortbelly, widow, yellowtail, bocaccio, and chilipepper rockfish,
cowcod, and the shelf species listed below:
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North of 40°10’ N. latitude
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South of 40°10’ N. latitude
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bronzespotted (S. gilli)
bocaccio (S. paucispinis)
chameleon (S. phillipsi)
chilipepper (S. goodei)
cowcod (S. levis)
dwarf-red (S. rufinanus)
freckled (S. lentiginosus)
greenblotched (S. rosenblatti)
greenspotted (S. chlorostictus)
greenstriped (S. elongatus)
halfbanded (S. semicinctus)
honeycomb (S. umbrosus)
Mexican (S. macdonaldi)
pink (S. eos)
pinkrose (S. simulator)
pygmy (S. wilsoni)
redstriped (S. proriger)
rosethorn (S. helvomaculatus)
rosy (S. rosaceus)
silvergrey (S. brevispinis)
speckled (S. ovalis)
squarespot (S. hopkinsi)
starry (S. constellatus)
stripetail (S. saxicola)
swordspine (S. ensifer)
tiger (S. nigrocinctus)
vermilion (S. miniatus)
yelloweye (S. ruberrimus)
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bronzespotted (S. gilli)
chameleon (S. phillipsi)
dwarf-red (S. rufinanus)
flag (S. rubrivinctus)
freckled (S. lentiginosus)
greenblotched (S. rosenblatti)
greenspotted (S. chlorostictus)
greenstriped (S. elongatus)
halfbanded (S. semicinctus)
honeycomb (S. umbrosus)
Mexican (S. macdonaldi)
pink (S. eos)
pinkrose (S. simulator)
pygmy (S. wilsoni)
redstriped (S. proriger)
rosethorn (S. helvomaculatus)
rosy (S. rosaceus)
silvergrey (S. brevispinis)
speckled (S. ovalis)
squarespot (S. hopkinsi)
starry (S. constellatus)
stripetail (S. saxicola)
swordspine (S. ensifer)
tiger (S. nigrocinctus)
vermilion (S. miniatus)
yelloweye (S. ruberrimus)
yellowtail (S. flavidus)
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Slope rockfish include
Pacific ocean perch, splitnose rockfish, and minor slope rockfish
listed below:
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North of 40°10’ N. latitude
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South of 40°10’ N. latitude
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aurora (S. aurora)
bank (S. rufus)
blackgill (S. melanostomus)
darkblotched (S. crameri)
redbanded (S. babcocki)
rougheye (S. aleutianus)
sharpchin (S. zacentrus)
shortraker (S. borealis)
splitnose (S. diploproa)
yellowmouth (S. reedi)
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aurora (S. aurora)
bank (S. rufus)
blackgill (S. melanostomus)
darkblotched (S. crameri)
Pacific ocean perch (S. alutus)
redbanded (S. babcocki)
rougheye (S. aleutianus)
sharpchin (S. zacentrus)
shortraker (S. borealis)
yellowmouth (S. reedi)
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Geographic Coordinates
Cape Falcon, OR
Cape Lookout, OR
Cape Blanco, OR
Cape Mendocino, CA
North/South management line
Point Arena, CA
Point Conception, CA
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45°46’ N. latitude
45°20’15" N. latitude
42°50’ N. latitude
40°30’ N. latitude
40°10’ N. latitude
38°57’30" N. latitude
34°27’ N. latitude
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International North Pacific
Fisheries Commission (INPFC) subareas (for more precise coordinates for the
Canadian and Mexican boundaries, see the Code of Federal Regulations – 50
CFR 660.304):
Vancouver
Columbia
Eureka
Monterey
Conception
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U.S.-Canada border to 47°30’ N. latitude
47°30’ to 43°00’ N. latitude
43°00 to 40°30’ N. latitude
40°30’ to 36°00’ N. latitude
36°00’ N. latitude to the U.S.-Mexican border
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INPFC Areas
International North Pacific Fisheries Commission (INPFC) areas are also used to define fishing areas. The INPFC was established in 1952 and dissolved
in 1993, but the areas defined by the Commission are still commonly used in
fisheries management.
PFMC
07/22/02
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