Criteria were applied and evaluated using information from the literature then vetted and augmented by expert opinion. Criteria for identifying ecological CPs were developed based on global best practices and were nested under the network objectives associated with Goal 1, then applied to areas and a candidate list of species found in the NSB. Area-based CPs include areas, spatial features, or habitats that directly support the network objectives under Goal 1. Species-based CPs were identified based on the characteristics of individual species or higher-level taxa, selecting those that are ecologically important, vulnerable, or of conservation concern. We focus exclusively on Goal 1 of the Canada – BC Marine Protected Network Strategy (2014): “to protect and maintain marine biodiversity, ecological representation and special natural features”. In this paper, we develop and apply a framework to identify species- and area-based ecological CPs to inform the development of the MPA network in the Northern Shelf Bioregion (NSB) of British Columbia. Learn more interesting facts about the wolf-eel's life history on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's species page.Conservation priorities (CPs) have been identified as part of systematic conservation planning processes, including Marine Protected Area (MPA) network design, to focus analyses on the most important features (species, habitats, and areas) within a planning area. Until they hatch, egg masses are constantly protected by one or both parents. This species strong, heavy jaws are perfectly designed for eating crunchy, shelled invertebrates such as sea urchins and crabs, as well as other fish. A bite from the jaws of a wolf eel can cause considerable damage, however the species has a gentle reputation among divers: once coaxed out of its hiding place by the promise of hand-fed food from divers, an individual may readily emerge to greet other divers. Its range extends from Northern Baja California north to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and east and south to the Seas of Okhotsk and Japan.
The wolf-eel is a slow-moving, reclusive fish that hides away near the sea bottom in crevices and caves, often using an individual location as a semi-permanent den. Juveniles are orange and more conspicuously spotted this colouring fades as they mature. Both are mottled with dark spots surrounded by pale rings, and the degree of mottling tends to increase with size. Despite not being a true eel, the wolf-eel's common name succinctly sums up its long and narrow body, rather vicious-looking snaggly teeth, and impressive size (it can reach 2.5 m long!) While both male and female have large heads tapering into elongated bodies with long anal and dorsal fins, they are readily differentiated as the female is darker and brownish in colour, while the male is whitish-grey male and has a bumpier, puffier head with a bulging forehead and large jaws. The wolf-eel is a distinctive fish unrelated to other 'true' eels it instead belongs to the wolffish family ( Anarhichadidae).
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