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Quillback Rockfish

Sebastes maliger

Photo by: Kerry Werry (copyright 1996-2002 K. Werry)

In-depth Information Regarding this Species

Range	Alaska to San Miguel Island, California (Love 1996)
Habitat	Bottom dweller (Love 1996)
Substrate	Rocky to coarse sand (Love 1996)
Depth range (meters)	Subtidal to 272 Usually down to 75 (Love 1996)
Behavior	Solitary (Love 1996)
Maximum Recorded Size for Males (cm)	60 (Love 1996)
Overall Length to Age Ratio (cm/age in years)	30.5/12 (off Alaska) 18/12 (off California) (Love 1996)
Overall Maximum Age (years)	32 (Love 1996)
Overall Length at Maturity (cm)	30.5 50% are mature (off Alaska) 23 50% are mature (off California) (Love 1996)
Time of Year of Spawning	March through July (Love 1996)
Adult Food Preference	Crustaceans (Shrimp and Crab) (Love 1996)
Commercial Fishery	Important inshore sport fishery (Love 1996)
Style Species is Sold	Part of live fishery market (Love 1996)

Recent Wild Harvest Data for Oregon
Data from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Data for all rockfish species
(except for black rockfish, canary rockfish, widow rockfish, yelowtail rockfish, and Pacific ocean perch)*

Year	Total Catch (Pounds)	Ex-vessel Value ( U.S. Dollars)
1989*	11,086,159	3,134,719
1990*	7,134,485	2,177,787
1991*	10,053,489	3,290,452
1992*	8,578,115	2,892,963
1993*	8,906,024	3,083,577
1994*	5,009,014	1,879,158
1995	2,547,151	1,137,441
1996	2,461,809	1,032,307
1997	2,160,170	969,342
1998	2,132,872	1,058,898

*Note: Data for 1989–1993 includes values for black rockfish and canary rockfish.
Data for 1989–1994 includes values for canary rockfish.

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