Field Notes9 min read
Field Notes: Tagging Giant Sea Bass off Catalina
A Tidewright field note: acoustic-tagging giant sea bass near the restored kelp lines at Catalina — and what the receivers heard when the giants came back.
Jack Callum ·
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4 articles
Encyclopedia8 min read
Giant Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas): The Reef's Recovered Giant
Protected since 1982, the giant sea bass is easing back into California's kelp reefs. How scientists track the comeback, and what it teaches ocean restoration.
Dr. Elias Brandt ·
Encyclopedia8 min read
Giant Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas): Species Profile and Comeback
The giant sea bass is a 250-kilo shadows-and-kelp predator that fishermen nearly erased. Learn its biology, the crash and the slow comeback now unfolding.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia8 min read
Giant Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas): The Gentle Giant of the Kelp Forest
In one generation, gillnets erased the giant sea bass from its kelp forests. Four decades of protection are bringing it back — one cautious shadow at a time.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·