Fishery managers say two valuable West Coast groundfish have recovered ahead of schedule: canary rockfish and petrale sole.
That's good news for the fishing industry. The fleet has been restricted from catching healthy stocks of fish that swim alongside these protected species at the bottom of the ocean.
For more than a decade, canary rockfish have been what's considered a "choke" species. That is, protecting them choked off fishing access to other valuable species like Dover sole and black cod.
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