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Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Not only is sablefish an important fishery but the science is interesting too. The fishery borrowed longline trap technique from Koreans. Fishery done in deepwater and some fjords right

Biology Differences in growth and recruitment indicates 2 stocks in BC.

Larval stages figs found on FishBase for this species

Lots good Info for Sablefish

Starting with FishBase summary

EL NIÑO EFFECTS 1983

Juveniles diet mainly copepods; unlike other years

MACFARLANE ABSTRACT—COPEPODS & LARVAL SABLEFISH

Good copepod year= good survival sablefish larvae

AQUACULTURE OPPORTUNITIES

Northern Marine Farms Ltd figures out how

PDO AND SABLEFISH 3/2000

Aleutian low good predictor recruitment and varies a decadal scale

Given it importance Sablefish has a whole section on DFO site – biology fishery etc

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The species spawns from January to March along the continental shelf at depths greater than 1000 m. Larval sablefish are found in surface waters over the shelf and slope in April and May.

HECATE NURSERY AREA

Juveniles migrate inshore over the following six months and rear in nearshore and shelf habitats until age 2-5, when they migrate offshore and into the fishery. Juveniles are highly migratory, travelling from nursery areas in Hecate Strait to Alaska

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