Editing Sablefish (section)

==Fisheries==
Sablefish are typically caught in [[Bottom trawling|bottom trawl]], [[Longline fishing|longline]] and [[Fish trap|pot]] fisheries. In the Northeast Pacific, sablefish fisheries are managed separately in three areas: [[Alaska]], the Canadian province of [[British Columbia]], and the west coast of the [[contiguous United States]] ([[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], and [[California]]). In all these areas catches peaked in the 1970s and 80s and have been lower since that time due to a combination of reduced populations and management restrictions.<ref name="AFSC2017">{{citation |title=Assessment of the Sablefish stock in Alaska in: Stock assessment and fishery evaluation report for the groundfish resources of the GOA and BS/AI |vauthors=Hanselman DH, Rodgveller CJ, Lunsford CR, Fenske, KH |url=https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/REFM/Docs/2017/BSAIsablefish.pdf |date=2017 |publisher=North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W 4th Ave., Suite 306 Anchorage, AK 99501, USA |pages=307–412}}</ref><ref name=DFO2016>{{cite web |title=A revised operating model for sablefish (''Anoplopoma fimbria'') in British Columbia, Canada | author=DFO | date=2016 | publisher=DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2016/015 |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/mpo-dfo/Fs70-6-2016-015-eng.pdf}}</ref><ref name="pcouncil2015">{{citation|title=Status of the sablefish stock in U.S. waters in 2019|date=2019|url=https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2019/10/status-of-the-sablefish-stock-in-u-s-waters-in-2019-october-22-2019.pdf/|publisher=Pacific Fisheries Management Council, 7700 Ambassador Place NE, Suite 200, Portland, OR, U.S.A.|vauthors=Haltuch MA, Johnson KF, Tolimieri N, Kapur MS, Castillo-Jordán CA}}</ref> The sablefish longline fishery in Alaska has been certified as sustainable by the [[Marine Stewardship Council]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/us-north-pacific-sablefish/|title=US North Pacific sablefish - MSC Fisheries|website=fisheries.msc.org|access-date=2018-08-23}}</ref> as is the [[US West Coast]] limited entry groundfish trawl fishery which includes sablefish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/us-west-coast-limited-entry-groundfish-trawl/|title=US West Coast limited entry groundfish trawl - MSC Fisheries|website=fisheries.msc.org}}</ref>

Longline fisheries in Alaska frequently experience [[predation]] of sablefish by [[killer whale]]s and [[sperm whale]]s which remove the fish from the hooks during the process of retrieving the gear.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Peterson|first1=Megan J.|last2=Carothers|first2=Courtney|date=2013-11-01|title=Whale interactions with Alaskan sablefish and Pacific halibut fisheries: Surveying fishermen perception, changing fishing practices and mitigation|journal=Marine Policy|language=en|volume=42|pages=315–324|doi=10.1016/j.marpol.2013.04.001|bibcode=2013MarPo..42..315P |issn=0308-597X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sigler|first1=Michael F.|last2=Lunsford|first2=Chris R.|last3=Straley|first3=Janice M.|last4=Liddle|first4=Joseph B.|date=2008|title=Sperm whale depredation of sablefish longline gear in the northeast Pacific Ocean|journal=Marine Mammal Science|language=en|volume=24|issue=1|pages=16–27|doi=10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00149.x|bibcode=2008MMamS..24...16S |issn=0824-0469}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Sperm whales steal from a fishing boat - Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom - Episode 1 - BBC Two|date=2015-02-03|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYP0nadGqCc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/RYP0nadGqCc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-08-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Sablefish aquaculture is an area of active research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nwtreatytribes.org/jamestown-sklallam-noaa-partner-black-cod-broodstock-program/|title=Jamestown S'Klallam, NOAA Partner on Black Cod Broodstock Program|date=2016-03-27|website=Northwest Treaty Tribes|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

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File:Small sablefish.jpg|Small sablefish caught in a bottom trawl survey off the coast of California
File:Black Cod May wc4.jpg|alt=Image shows three people working around a tote full of sablefish held by a crane|A tote of sablefish being processed in Juneau, Alaska.
File:Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).webm|Live sablefish at a [[T&T Supermarket|T&T]] supermarket.
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