Possibility of retaining canary rockfish in 2017

http://www.myoutdoorbuddy.com/fishing_report.php?fishing=11157

That would be nice! I caught some toads this season.

Mike

Well color me shocked...

Several new groundfish stock assessments conducted in 2015 show some previously overfished stocks have been restored, possibly allowing for increased fishing opportunities.

Almost a decade after the fact they fess up. They have become a pest along the nearshore reefs along the central coast. You can't keep your hooks clear of them to catch your target species. They have had an unfair advantage over the other rockfish species now for over a decade and the results were predictable. Fisheries managers will receive a pat on the back for being adaptive while the truth is that they have moved at glacial speed on this issue and are responsible for upsetting the balance of the ecosystems on our nearshore reefs.