"The great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus),

a member of the Cottidae family, is

found over sand and mud bottoms in the North

Pacific Ocean from the Washington coast to the

Bering Sea at depths up to 240 m (Eschmeyer et

al., 1983). There are currently no targeted

fisheries for sculpins in Alaskan waters;

however, they are often caught incidentally in

trawl and longline fisheries, with Myoxocephalus

species making up a large proportion of the total

sculpin catch (Reuter et al., 2006; Reuter and

TenBrink, 2007)"--Page 1.

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)