Fishing Report: Deepwater release of rockfish

Fishing Report: Deepwater release of rockfish
Published: Jul. 7, 2023 at 5:25 PM AKDT
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska is one of few states — if not the only — that requires deepwater release of rockfish at depth of capture or 100 feet. Brittany Blain-Roth, sport fish area management biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, explains how to do so and why this mandatory regulation was put into place in 2020.