More On Trawling What We Are Up To More On Trawling W e and other rockfish researchers have a great interest in the pelagic early life stages, because the first several months in the plankton are the scariest.
Female rockfishes release free-living larvae rather than eggs.
It's sort of like being a freshman congressperson. I n 1995, we sampled at stations from about Pt. Conception to Ventura, usually near oil platforms. These rigs are potential settlement sites for young rockfishes that are ready to leave the plankton. We trawl at night because during the day little rockfishes can see the net and get out of the way.