New York Times: Dozens of species of popular West Coast rockfish that were once so overfished that the fishing grounds were declared a federal economic disaster are now abundant. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program, considered the most influential guide to hundreds of species of popular fish, on Monday issued a report encouraging consumers to eat 21 species of rockfish it had long warned cooks to avoid. Many fish sold on menus as snapper, black cod and rock cod were moved to favorable categories, along…