Since the species was protected by state law, ... Giant sea bass sold for $19.99 a pound at a market in the Ventura earlier this month, according to a conservationist who visited the business.

Giant sea bass were among the most overfished species in the 1930s. Today, fewer than 500 breeding adults cruise Central and Southern California’s coastal waters, according to a recent genetic ...

Three small sea bass are weighed in a cup in a Marine Science classroom at San Clemente High School on Monday, May 22, 2023. Each of the sea bass arrived months ago at San Clemente High School ...

Black sea bass fishing days start at 4:30 am for Charlie Borden and his crew. (Olivia Ebertz/The Public's Radio) The Public’s Radio in Rhode Island and WBUR have a partnership in which the news ...

The European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is a temperate-zone euryhaline teleost of prime importance for aquaculture and fisheries. This species is subdivided into two naturally hybridizing ...

That said, SoCal’s giant sea bass population is still far below its historical level, and recovery will take a while for this slow-growing species. “It’s reassuring to see things moving in the right ...

Scientists have described a new species of small coral reef sea bass from underexplored deep-reef depths of Curaçao, southern Caribbean. With predominantly yellow body and fins, the new species ...

A giant sea bass in waters off California. Photo: Mike Couffer. The authors found that the number of scientific publications and annual funding related to giant sea bass are 7 times and 25 times ...

At 500 pounds or more, California’s giant sea bass cut a figure you’re unlikely to forget. If you can find one. Natural habitat for the critically endangered species is only found offshore of ...

Hunting white seabass off the coast of Catalina is the pinnacle of Southern California spearfishing. Here's what it takes.

The news that one of America's favorite fish is back on the market filled me with dread. Was this good news? Good news tinged with bad? Or was it just plain bad news? Did it mean that I or any of ...

That species would be the black sea bass. Now this is far from a glamorous sport fish, nor a bottom dweller that will bring you to your knees, but it is a scrappy little number that is also hard ...