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  • The three common species which are exploited in the northern North Atlantic are Sebastes marinus, S. mentella, and S. viviparus, but the latter, which is the smallest of the three, is not caught in significant amounts [95].

    General description of the Arctic biota 2009

  • Cod, saithe, haddock, and redfish (Sebastes marinus and S. mentella) have their main spawning grounds on the coastal banks and off the shelf edge (redfish only) of Norway between 62º and 70º N and return to the Barents Sea after spawning.

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast Atlantic (Barents and Norwegian Seas) 2009

  • For exceptionally long-lived species such as rockfish (Sebastes spp.), experience shows that very conservative harvest rates may need to be used and no-take marine reserves have been suggested as a tool to insure against loss of older highly productive fish.

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the North Pacific (Bering Sea) 2009

  • Landings from the Icelandic area were no longer almost exclusively cod, but species such as haddock, halibut, plaice ( '' Pleuronectes platessa ''), and redfish ( '' Sebastes marinus '') also became common items of the catch.

    Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009

  • The warders made a bustle, as if some of them would descend to the assistance of Sebastes, without, however, appearing very eager to do so, when Harpax, in a rapid whisper, commanded them to stand fast.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • “How shall we deal with him?” said he to Sebastes, who, from the most raw recruit in the corps, had now risen to the highest place in his estimation.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • Varangian started up at once, arrested the armed hand of the assassin, by striking it upwards with the head of his battle-axe; and while he thus parried the intended stab, struck the Greek a blow heavier than Sebastes had ever learned at the Pancration, which left him scarce the power to cry help to his comrades on the battlements.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • Pacific halibut and various rockfish Sebastes spp. and Sebastolobus spp. comprise the finfish harvest, while the shellfish harvest comprises red king crab Paralithodes camtschatica, Dungeness crab Cancer magister, blue king crab Paralithodes platypus, brown king crab Lithodes aequispina, and tanner crab Chionoecetes biardi.

    Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States 2008

  • “I am little wont to do so,” said Sebastes, again repeating the hoarse, chuckling, discordant laugh, which grated upon the ears of the centurion, though he could hardly tell the reason why it was so uncommonly unpleasant.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • Sebastes, fixing his eye on his commander, moved his hand to the hilt of an Eastern poniard which he wore, as if to penetrate his exact meaning.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

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