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groundfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bottom fish |
| Type of | food fish |
Examples of groundfish
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The crab was caught while Williams was gillnetting for groundfish at 45 fathoms.
From the sciencedaily.com
Farallon Island trips produced high counts of a mixed bag of quality groundfish.
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The waters off the Bering Sea produce millions of dollars worth of groundfish.
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Rational noncompliance and the liquidation of Northeast groundfish resources.
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Rockfish were easy all week and lingcod added heft to sacks of groundfish.
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West Coast groundfish represent a major test of the catch-share strategy.
From the signonsandiego.com
The price of groundfish plummeted by $3 to $5 a pound in the last week.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The price of groundfish plummeted $3 to $5 a pound in the last week.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Robison points to hake, the most abundant commercial groundfish species off the West Coast.
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- Fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
- Groundfish are fish that live on, in, or near the bottom of the body of water they inhabit. Some typical saltwater groundfish species are sole, flounder, and halibut.
- Broadly, fish that are caught on or near the sea floor. The term includes a wide variety of bottomfishes, rockfishes, and flatfishes. However, the National Marine Fisheries Service sometimes uses the term in a narrower sense. ...
- Species of fish living near the bottom such as cod, haddock, halibut and flatfish.
- A group of fish which includes Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), ocean pout (Zoarces americanus), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), pollock (Pollachius virens), American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides), ...
- In the North Pacific, about a dozen species comprise the groundfish complex. They include Alaska pollock, Pacific cod, rockfish, yellowfin sole, and rock sole.
- Bottom-dwelling species including cod, pollock, haddock, turbot, and red fish.
- Fish that feed on or near the sea bottom.
- Types of fish that reside on the ocean floor. Fish in this category include sablefish, pollock, cod, and many flatfish. Typically harvested by factory trawlers and longliners.
