Identifying rockfish can be confusing as physical color may be effected by the structure fish are on to some degree.

I am posting photos of commonly caught rockfish in the Neah Bay
Area 4.

These photos were taken several years ago near Skagway Rocks where the fish were taken in depths from 20 to 100 feet.

I personally believe that fishing for rockfish not deeper than 60 feet is preferable since fish taken from the surface down to 60 feet are rarely effected by decompression.

There are many locations in Area 4 that rockfish can be found at these shallow depths , mostly along the rocky shoreline or hovering above underwater structure. Black rockfish alongside and above
offshore structure can frequently be found in less than 60 feet. A school will rise near the surface if other fish are hooked at the 60 foot level and brought to the surface.

I have caught many lingcod in water 30 to 40 feet deep along the shoreline of Cape Flattery where targeting these species would not effect incidentally caught rockfish which can be easily released without danger of Barotrauma.

Cabezone in my experience are an incidental catch and I doubt that sportfishermen can effectively target them.

Rather than discarding rockfish taken at depths below 60 feet, maybe
we should be looking at rockfish regulations that allow retainment of
some demersal rockfish as is done in Alaska and British Columbia.

Daily limits are 3 pelagic rockfish such as Black rockfish and two demersal rockfish such as copper or quillbacks.

Allowing possession of one or two demersal rockfish could be a tool to not waste fish when they are incidentally caught.