Teamwork saves fish.

An aurora rockfish, held by a fisherman, at a processing facility in Warrenton, Oregon. (AP)
A worker prepares to dump a bucket of fish onto a conveyor belt for sorting. (AP)
Kevin Dunn, a trawler who fishes for groundfish, stands next to his boat. He will be able to fish again soon. (AP)
A whole fleet of ships that fish for groundfish off the Oregon and Washington coast sit at the dock. (AP)
Wild-caught Dover sole from Oregon waters sold in a grocery store seafood case. Dover sole is a species of groundfish, which fisherman have only been allowed to catch in small numbers. (AP)

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“Please find a better place to fish,” fish experts said.

Why? “Fish families need to grow.” Fishermen were helpful.

They moved their boats. Fish families grew. Teamwork saved sea life.

READ MORE: A trawler [TRAW-ler] is a fishing boat. Trawlers drag a net through deep water to catch fish. Rockfish hide behind rocks. But they can’t hide from nets. Too many rockfish got scooped up in nets. How did people protect fish and keep on fishing? Teamwork! Fishermen found better spots to fish. Rockfish families grew. We read in John 21:11 about a very full net of fish. “So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them.”