ocean perch
noun
: any of several marine scorpaenid food fishes (genus Sebastes):
a
: redfish sense a
also
: a related food fish (S. fasciatus)
b
: one (S. alutus) abundant in the northeastern Pacific from Japan to the Bering Sea to southern California
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Some species rebounded even faster than expected, like Pacific ocean perch which recovered 34 years ahead of schedule.
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Amanda Leland, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Sea bass, flounder, ocean perch, and red snapper are all great choices, around a pound in weight.
—Lucas Sin, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
One such firm is Blue Harvest Fisheries, which operates out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is the largest holder of permits to catch groundfish such as pollock, haddock and ocean perch.
—Will Sennott, ProPublica, 12 Oct. 2022
Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch, tilapia or catfish.
—Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021
Halpern's fresh fish counter includes cod, catfish, ocean perch, swai and tilapia.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2021
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Amanda Leland, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Sea bass, flounder, ocean perch, and red snapper are all great choices, around a pound in weight.
—Lucas Sin, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2024
One such firm is Blue Harvest Fisheries, which operates out of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is the largest holder of permits to catch groundfish such as pollock, haddock and ocean perch.
—Will Sennott, ProPublica, 12 Oct. 2022
Dinners come with a generous portion of slaw, bread and spaghetti or mac and cheese and choice of ocean perch, tilapia or catfish.
—Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021
Halpern's fresh fish counter includes cod, catfish, ocean perch, swai and tilapia.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2021
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“Ocean perch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ocean%20perch. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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