Editing Sablefish (section)

==Description==
[[File:Anoplopoma fimbria.png|left|thumb|Illustration]]
The sablefish is a species of deep-sea fish common to the North Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{ITIS |id=167123 |taxon=Anoplopoma fimbria |accessdate=24 January 2006}}</ref> Adult sablefish are opportunistic piscivores, preying on [[Alaskan pollock]], [[eulachon]], [[capelin]], [[herring]], [[sandlance]], and [[Pacific cod]], as well as [[squid]], [[krill|euphausiids]], and [[jellyfish]].<ref>{{cite tech report|author=Yang, M-S |author2= M. W. Nelson |year=2000|title= Food habits of the commercially important groundfishes in the Gulf of Alaska in 1990, 1993, and 1996|institution= NOAA Technical Memorandum |number= NMFS-AFSC-112|page=174}}</ref> Sablefish are long-lived, with a maximum recorded age of 94 years<ref>{{cite journal| last1= Kimura| first1= Daniel K.|first2= A. M. | last2= Shaw | first3= F. R. | last3= Shaw |year=1998|title= Stock Structure and movement of tagged sablefish, ''Anoplopoma fimbria'', in offshore northeast Pacific waters and the effects of El Nino-Southern Oscillation on migration and growth|journal= Fish. Bull. |volume=96|pages= 462–481}}</ref> although the majority of the commercial catch in many areas is less than 20 years old.<ref name= "AFSC2017" /><ref name= "pcouncil2015" />

Sablefish growth varies regionally, with larger maximum sizes in Alaska,<ref name="pcouncil2015" /> where total lengths up to {{cvt|114|cm|ftin}} weights up to {{cvt|25|kg|lbs}} have been recorded.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=sablefish.main|title= Sablefish Species Profile| publisher= Alaska Department of Fish and Game| website=adfg.alaska.gov|language= en|access-date= 2020-04-07}}</ref> However, average lengths are typically below {{cvt|70|cm|ftin}} and {{cvt|4|kg|lb}}.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="pcouncil2015" />

[[Mark and recapture|Tagging studies]] have indicated that sablefish have been observed to move as much as {{cvt|2000|km}} before recapture with one study estimating an average distance between release and recapture of {{cvt|602|km}}, with an average annual movement of {{cvt|191|km}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Beamish|first1=R. J.|last2= McFarlane|first2=C. A.|date=1988|title= Resident and Dispersal Behavior of Adult Sablefish (''Anaplopoma fimbria'') in the Slope Waters off Canada's West Coast|journal=Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences|volume=45|issue= 1|pages=152–164|doi=10.1139/f88-017|issn=0706-652X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| last1=Hanselman|first1=Dana H.|last2= Heifetz |first2=Jonathan|last3= Echave| first3=Katy B.|last4=Dressel|first4= Sherri C.|date=2015|title=Move it or lose it: movement and mortality of sablefish tagged in Alaska|journal= Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences|volume=72|issue=2|pages=238–251|doi=10.1139/cjfas-2014-0251|issn=0706-652X}}</ref><gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Sablefish resting on sediment.jpg|Sablefish resting on soft sediment 302 m (991 ft) deep
File:4sablefish 500.jpg|Resting on soft sediment of a 800 m deep canyon floor. 
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