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Interactive Age Reading Tool

Want to try your hand at ageing fish bones? Check out our interactive fish ageing program tool. With this tool you can determine how old a fish is by counting otolith (fish ear bones) rings. This is similar to determining the age of a tree.

otolith with red marks on rings to count age of a fish

This interactive tool offers you an opportunity to try your hand at ageing and learn more about the following fish species.

  • Atka Mackerel
  • Dover Sole
  • Flathead Sole
  • Greenland Halibut
  • Pacific Cod
  • Pacific Ocean Perch
  • Sablefish
  • Walleye Pollock (GOA)
  • Yellowfin Sole