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Petie and Rose won with a jointly submitted bottomfish stew born of desperation the year Eddie Coolbaugh broke his foot and couldn't work for three months.
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All port areas with the exception of Westport experienced an increase in bottomfish trips compared with 2009.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Last year, state Fish and Wildlife also adopted regulations restricting the depth anglers can fish for bottomfish and prohibiting the retention of rockfish in most areas of the Sound.
The Seattle Times 2011
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In order to increase angler participation in non-salmon recreational fishing e.g., bottomfish trips and to extend the length of the salmon season, partial-week closures were instituted in the recreational fishery north of Cape Falcon beginning in 1985.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Taft's Sea Adventure II made a catch of bottomfish early yesterday, then went offshore to explore kelp paddies for possible yellowtail or bonito.
Fore, right! < 2010
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The store didn't need to import bottomfish with the availability of other fish, such as cultured moi and pelagic or migratory species.
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Marine areas 1, 2 and 3 are among the first of saltwater venues to ring in the 2009 sport seasons leading off in mid-March with 'fangers' as the toothsome bottomfish are called.
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For two weeks aboard the ship in Honolulu, Parker will help scientists with two missions-studying juvenile Hawaiian bottomfish biology and habitat, and improving knowledge of billfish spawning activities.
NOAA News Releases 2009
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Hawaii Bottomfish: The main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) bottomfish fishery is currently closed and is scheduled to reopen on Nov. 15, 2008, under a total allowable catch (TAC) for seven prized deepwater bottomfish to be applied to the commercial sector of the fishery.
YubaNet.com 2008
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An outright ban on fishing for seven bottomfish species has been in effect since May of last year and has been extended to Nov. 15 while the council finishes collecting data for the National Marine Fisheries Service in compliance with a 2006 law.
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