Current regulations have us fishing for rock cod from 300 feet and deeper. The best reports near Santa Cruz are coming from deepwater reefs along the North Coast from Natural Bridges to Año Nuevo.

“One such fish is Patagonian Rock Cod. The product of an important fishery ... and were impressed by the sales efforts of a small fishing company operating from such a remote location.” ...

Decisions about how much cod fishing is globally permitted are based on what's considered a "normal" or "baseline" cod population, but the definition of normal is based on data only 100–150 ...