BOFFFFs (Big, Old, Fat, Fertile, Female Fish) Sustain Fisheries (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

BOFFFFs (Big, Old, Fat, Fertile, Female Fish) Sustain Fisheries

Caption

This is a a big (1.1 m), old (ca.100 years), fat (27.2 kg), fertile female fish, in this case a shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis) taken off Alaska. New research from the University of Hawaii at Manoa indicates that so-called BOFFFFs sustain fisheries.

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Karna McKinney, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service

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