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Improving Rockfish Recovery Through Genetics

Improving Rockfish Recovery Through Genetics

Rockfish populations have largely recovered on the West Coast, but populations in the inland waters of the Salish Sea are still endangered.

A new SeaDoc Society-funded study led by University of Washington’s School of Aquatic Fishery Sciences will use genetics and life history information to determine which Salish Sea rockfish species have connectivity with populations on the outer coast and which are isolated to our island waters. Knowing this information will help improve rockfish conservation and recovery plans.