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Photo	Names
Image courtesy of: Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia, Office of Seafood and Office of Regulatory Affairs, US Food and Drug Administration.	Latin: Centropristis striata French: Fanfre noir German: Schwarzer Zackenbarsch Spanish: Serrana estriado Russian: Choray morskoi okun Japanese: Suzuki

Description

Black Sea bass are marked with a white diamond pattern on a smoky gray, brown, or bluish-black skin. All black sea bass begin life as males and then become females between the ages of two and five years. They can grow as long as 50 cm (20 in) and weigh about 3.5 kg (8 lbs). Black sea bass are usually marketed at sizes closer to 25 cm (10 in). The black sea bass is in one of many varieties of black bass, although the other species of black bass are mainly caught only recreationally.

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Capture: United States, Canada, Taiwan, Mexico, Columbia, Chile Primary Consumers United States	Annual harvest in 1992 1,900 metric tons

Production Trends	Diet/Health Info
The fish have been over utilized and production is down to 1,500 tons annually from 5,000 in its heyday. Size limitations have hindered harvest and increased quota systems are likely to reduce the harvestable supplies at least until the fish population recovers.	-----

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