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rockfish

[rok-fish]

noun

plural

rockfish 
,

plural

rockfishes .
  1. any of various fishes found among rocks.

  2. striped bass.

  3. any of the North Pacific and Atlantic marine fishes of the genus Sebastes.

  4. scorpionfish.



rockfish

/ ˈɒˌɪʃ /

noun

  1. any of various fishes that live among rocks, esp scorpaenid fishes of the genus Sebastodes and related genera, such as S. caurinus ( copper rockfish ) of North American Pacific coastal waters

  2. Formerly called: rock salmon.any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rockfish1

First recorded in 1590–1600; rock 1 + fish
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Jue said he has three other types of fishing permits, which allow him to continue earning a living by catching Dungeness crab, rock crab and rockfish.

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The last photos recovered from a phone were taken at 2:43 p.m. and show a passenger holding a rockfish.

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“Some people are bringing in black cod or rockfish or albacore,” Bates told me.

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William Smith, who goes by Captain Smitty, said he lost about three-fourths of his charter business because he couldn’t take passengers salmon fishing, and also saw losses because of restrictions on the rockfish season.

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I grew up fishing with my dad on Fauntleroy Cove, feasting on fried rockfish and falling asleep to ferryboat foghorns.

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