Stealth is mandatory, and so is positive species identification. I was initially certain this fish was a WSB but soon realized it was a protected black seabass. YOU’RE NOT A TRUE spearfisherman in ...

4:52 p.m. Dec. 27, 2022: An earlier version of this article stated that a portion of a bass caught by Mitsuki Hara went to a seafood catering restaurant. The bass was not sold at the restaurant, but ...

A new study by a team of fisheries scientists and geneticists indicates the number of white sea bass swimming in the Pacific Ocean that were cultured in a hatchery and released is likely higher than ...

Holy mackerel, talk about a reel-y big deal! A Northern California eighth-grader landed a potential world record-breaking 63.7-pound white sea bass during a family fishing trip, making him an instant ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Pacific White sea bass used to be abundant off the coast of California, but their popularity led to overfishing. One volunteer program is raising them and putting them ...

More than 4,000 white sea bass babies are being tended to by volunteers from a Newport Beach fishing club, their nursery a set of ocean pens in the Newport Harbor. The approximately 4-inch-long fish ...