Rockfish
Rockfish
Sebastes (rockfish genus) — species-level ID not recorded (not asserted)
A resident fish that schools around rocky reefs and vertical walls. It is the signature resident fish of the offshore reefs off Ulleung·Dokdo, and at Ssangjeongcho schools of thousands of rockfish are observed.
Resident schooling fish of offshore reefs
A resident fish that schools around rocky reefs and vertical walls (rockfish, Sebastes). Notes go only to the genus level (Sebastes), so species-level identification is not asserted.
Thousands of rockfish at Ssangjeongcho
It is the signature resident fish of the offshore reefs off Ulleung·Dokdo. At Ssangjeongcho, where visibility reaches 30–40 m, schools of thousands of rockfish fill the wall-like scenery.
Where to meet rockfish
No separate legal protected-species basis has been confirmed. However, harvesting in waters under fishing-village jurisdiction is separately prohibited.
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