We all like a taste of rockfish. Regulators are taking steps to make sure everyone gets a bite.

At a gathering in Annapolis, fishery managers from 15 East Coast states searched for a cure to the dwindling object of their affection, avarice and ire. What to do about rockfish? Six years of frighteningly low numbers in the Chesapeake Bay — where 75% of the fish, also called striped bass, spawn before heading to the Atlantic Ocean — and a year after new curbs were put on the recreational and commercial catch in hopes of a rebound, the science was murky. (Photo: Courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation)