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Sebastes alutus  (Gilbert, 1890)

Pacific ocean perch
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Common names: Longjaw rockfish, Ocean perch, Pacific ocean perch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Frimodt, C., 1995
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges south to La Jolla, California (Ref. 6793, 27437). Also Ref. 6885, 9988, 11366, 45591.
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1980
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
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Main reference

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 53.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. published weight: 2.1 kg (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 103 years (Ref. 93933)

Length at first maturity
Lm 33.1, range 25 - 43.3 cm

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 825 m (Ref. 6793), usually 165 - 293 m (Ref. 27437)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 6°C (Ref. 107945); 64°N - 24°N, 143°E - 110°W (Ref. 54884)

Distribution

North Pacific: Honshu, Japan to Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea (but not in the Sea of Okhotsk) and La Jolla, California, and along the Aleutians from Stalemate Bank and Bowers Bank to the Alaska Peninsula. Stocks have suffered severe population decline due to overfishing (Ref. 27437).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6 - 9; Vertebrae: 26. Head spines weak - nasal, preocular, supraocular (may be absent), postocular, tympanic, parietal, and nuchal (may be absent) spines present, coronal spine absent (Ref. 27437). Long lower jaw with prominent forward directed symphyseal knob (Ref. 27437). Posterior margin of caudal indented (Ref. 6885). Bright to light red, usually with dark markings dorsally, may have some dark stippling on sides and dark blotch on caudal peduncle (Ref. 27437).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Abundant in offshore waters (Ref. 2850). Young pelagic up to age 3 (Ref. 6885). Grows slowly (Ref. 2850). Viviparous (Ref. 34817). Very important commercial rockfish in the North Pacific (Ref. 2850, 27437). Marketed as fillets (Ref. 2850). Utilized fresh and frozen; eaten fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Threat to humans

  Harmless



Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5   ±0.3 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Musick et al. 2000 (Ref. 36717); tmax=103; tm=7; K=0.1; Fec=31,000)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (55 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium