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Marine Life Sanctuaries Society

Marine Life Sanctuaries Society

Our mandate is to create marine sanctuaries and protect marine life. Many areas of the British Columbia marine environment are threatened by pollution, over-harvesting, and habitat degradation, resulting in imbalanced ecosystems. Without help and protection, our marine environment has little or no chance for recovery.

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Rockfish Identification Resources

Rockfish (and other!) Identification Guides

Butler, John L., Love, Milton S., & Laidig, Tom E. (2012). A Guide to the Rockfishes, Thornyheads, and Scorpionfishes of the Northeast Pacific. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. https://lovelab.msi.ucsb.edu/

Lamb, Andy, & Bernard P. Hanby., “Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds, and Selected Fishes,” Harbour Publishing. https://harbourpublishing.com/products/9781550173611?srsltid=AfmBOoo4tKLep1GB8DS3DvKidlKYWSnDb2K0OLl2eaRsvhime3ohPHdo

Lamb, A. & Edgell, P. (2010). Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest. Harbour Publishing. https://harbourpublishing.com/products/9781550174717?srsltid=AfmBOooYSiwdvUOnawT9IQh6DwhTTgSAb-Rk6hfm6IEwZTGbmxF-bkNH

Love, M., Yoklavich, M., & Thorsteinson, L. (2002). The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific. Los Angeles: University of California Press. https://lovelab.msi.ucsb.edu/

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