![]() Auke Bay Laboratories has been involved in Sea Week activities from the start, providing interpretive programs for approximately 1,200 students, teachers, and parents during the months of April and May each year. ![]() Sea Week dates back to 1968 and began as a grassroots effort by parents in Juneau to celebrate the ocean’s bounty and engage students in place-based learning. It also served as an important kick off for in-person events at the Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, home to the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Auke Bay Laboratories. Alaska Sea Week(s)Īlaska Sea Week is not actually a summer program or just a week, but rather a cornerstone of place-based education in Juneau, Alaska. I am extremely grateful to all our partners including Juneau School District, Discovery Southeast, Sealaska Heritage Institute and Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program. This post is the first of a three-part series written in a celebration of the incredible place-based and culturally responsive educational programming co-developed by NOAA Fisheries scientists and partner organizations during the short 2022 summer season. With the majority of students having been back in school for more than a month, I find myself asking, “What happened to summer?” Then I’m reminded of all the summer programming, camps, and internships that helped it fly by! “The Gem of the Continent”: Some Early History of Redondo Beach, 1868-1890 -The Homestead Blog on Redondo Wharf No.The days in Southeast Alaska are getting noticeably shorter, the leaves of the cottonwood trees are turning, and there is a chill in the air, even when the sun is shining.Jim mace on Paradise Cove Pier - Malibu.Nick’s Cove Pier - Marshall, Tomales Bay.Marin Rod & Gun Club Pier aka Camiccia Family Memorial Pier - San Rafael.Just think what the mouth of a wolf-eel could do to a finger!ĭonate to Pier Fishing in California to help us bring you more content! The fish simply snapped the handle in half. The large puffy lips of this gruesomely attractive fish belong to the Wolf-eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus. He pried the wolf-eel’s mouth open and inserted a small narrow broom handle to keep it open. Fish in Focus: Wolf-eel, Anarrhichthys ocellatus. An angler had caught a medium-sized fish and wanted to save his leader that was imbedded deeply in the mouth of the fish. The flesh can be filleted or steaked and cooked in almost any manner although poaching and steaming is a favorite.Ĭomments : I saw the power of a wolf-eel’s mouth once when I was fishing at the old Moss Landing Pier. To land one, use a heavy size 2 to 2/0 hook and heavy line (20- to 40-pound test) or even a wire leader.įood Value: Delicious mild flavored flesh that is white in color and dense in texture. Because of their strength and habit of retreating to rocks as soon as hooked, most that are hooked are probably not landed. Shoreline: Taken by anglers fishing in rocky areas in central and northern California.īoats: An inshore species rarely take from boats.īait and Tackle :Wolf-eels will hit almost any bait but I’ve seen them caught most often on shrimp, small crabs, mussels, abalone or on anchovy. Best bets: Port San Luis Pier, Cayucos Pier, Santa Cruz Wharf, Fort Baker Pier, Point Arena Pier, Trinidad Pier, and Citizens Dock in Crescent City. ![]() Piers : Not common at any pier but a few are taken every year from piers in central and northern California that are located near rocks or reefs. Found in deeper water south of Point Conception, in shallow water near rocks and kelp north of Point Conception. ![]() Habitat : Found in intertidal waters to a depth of 1,036 feet. Uncommon but not rare south of Point Conception. Common from Central California to Gulf of Alaska. Also reported from the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk. Range: Northern Baja California, to Gulf of Alaska, southeastern Bering Sea to Cape Menshikof, west along the Aleutians Islands to the Krenitzen Islands. Pier-caught wolf-eels are rarely more than 2-3 feet long. Size : To 79.9 inches although there are rumors of eight-foot wolf-eels. Related to the blennies it is not an eel. Their coloring is green to gray with round dark spots on the dorsal fins and body. Identification :The body is long and eel-shaped the mouth is large and filled with large, canine-like, teeth. Called doctorfish in Alaska, lo’l, lo’ox, or st’aaxaam in British Columbia. Specie s: Anarrhichthys ocellatus (Ayres, 1855) from the Greek word anar-hichas (an ancient name for a fish which resembled this species) and the Latin word ocellatus (eye-like spots).Īlternate Names :Moray eel. Picture courtesy Outdoor Writers Association of California
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