- Courtesy California DFG
The population of white seabass is only approximately 10 percent of what it was about 10 years ago. In efforts to ensure the sustainability of this species, California Fish and Game now manages commercial and sportsfishing for white seabass with seasonal closures, gear provisions, and size and bag limits. These efforts appear to be reversing the dramatic downtrend in numbers.
Facts and Features
- Geographic Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Alaska to southern Baja California, Mexico, and the Gulf of California
- Amazing Facts
White seabass are neither bass nor white. They are silvery-gray croakers.
- At the Aquarium
Our white seabass, found in the Southern California/Baja Gallery, are fed a diet of sardines and squid supplemented with multivitamins. They were donated to the Aquarium by the Hubbs Marine Fish Hatchery.