Deep sea fishing is done in waters 30 ft. or deeper a fair distance from land, it’s also known as offshore fishing. This type of fishing allows anglers to catch a big game fish like tuna, sharks ...

Since 2020, researchers have called for a global moratorium on mesopelagic fishing, concerned that plumbing these new depths for fish could take a toll on climate action and biodiversity.

Another deep-sea dweller washed up on a Carlsbad beach this week and its body now joins millions of other rare specimens being preserved for research at a lab in San Diego.

The 31st was discovered in December 2021 on the shores of Encinitas. It was the third to be found in California that year. It is unknown exactly how any of the deep-sea creatures ended up on land.

The delicate fish didn’t survive its short stay on land -- or attacks by seagulls -- but Frable says SIO 21-37 will be preserved to help researchers, possibly for hundreds of years.

The roughly 12-foot-long oarfish — a serpent-like fish commonly found at sea depths of more than 600 feet — was found near La Jolla Cove on August 10.

Even larger food falls drew a smaller crowd. Prior to this discovery, for instance, a 29-kilogram shark carcass at a depth of 4,400 meters (14,435 ft) only drew in 68 deep sea zoarcid fish.

Seven-year-old Corbin Kirkland hauls a bucket of white trout to the weigh station on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. Lawrence Specker | [email protected] ...