(species that dwell on or near the sea bottom)
Blackcod/Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria)
Catfish, Atlantic (Anarhichas lupus)
Cod
- Atlantic (Gadus morhua)
- Pacific (Gadus macrocephalus)
- Cusk (Brosme brosme)
Flounder/Sole
- American Plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
- English (Parophrys vetulus)
- Rock (Lepidopsetta bilineata)
- Summer (Paralichthys dentatus)
- Winter (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
- Witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
- Yellowtail (Limanda ferruginea)
- Grenadier, Roundnose (Coryphaenoides rupestris)
- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Hake
- Red (Urophycis chuss)
- Pacific (Merluccius productus)
- Silver (Merluccius bilinearis)
- White (Uropycis tenuis)
Halibut
- Atlantic (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
- Greenland (Turbot) (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
- Pacific (Hippoglossus stenolepis)
- Monkfish (Lophius americanus)
Pollock
- Atlantic (Pollachius virens)
- Alaskan (Theragra chalcogramma)
- Redfish (Sebastes marinus)
Rockfish
- Canary (Sebastes pinniger)
- Pacific Ocean Perch (Sebastes alutus)
- Silvergrey (Sebastes brevispinis)
- Yelloweye (Sebastes ruberrimus)
Skate
- Smooth (Raja senta)
- Thorny (Raja radiata)
(lake fish or fish found in ponds and slow-moving rivers & streams)
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Trout, Lake (Salvelinus namaycush)
Tullibee/Cisco (Coregonus artedii)
Walleye/Pickerel (Stizostedion vitreum)
Whitefish, Lake (Coregonus clupeaformis)
Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)
Dulse (Rhodymenia, palmata)
Irish Moss (Chondrus crispus)
Rockweed (Fucus sp, Ascophyllum sp.)
(highly migratory and/or schooling fish that migrate in coastal waters)
Alewife/Gaspereau (Alosa pseudoharengus)
Capelin (Mallotus villosus)
Eel, American (Anguilla rostrata)
Herring
- Atlantic (Clupea harengus harengus)
- Pacific (Clupea harengus pallasii)
- Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)
- Mackerel, Atlantic (Scomber scombrus)
Salmon
- Atlantic (Salmo salar)
- Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
- Chum (Oncorhynchus keta)
- Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
- Pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
- Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Shark
- Blue (Pironace glauca)
- Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
- Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
- Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
- Silverside (Menidia menidia)
- Smelt, American (Osmerus eperianus mordax)
- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Tuna, Bluefin (Thunnus thynnus)
(shellfish)
Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)
Clam
- Bar (Spisula solidisima)
- Geoduck (Panopea generosa)
- Horse (Tresus capax and Tresus nuttalli)
- Razor (Ensis directus)
- Stimpson Surf (Spisula polynyma)
- Butter (Saxidomus giganteus)
- Littleneck (Protothaca staminea)
- Manila (Tapes philippinarum)
- Soft-Shell (Mya arenaria)
- Quahaug (Mercenaria mercenaria)
Crab
- Dungeness (Cancer magister)
- Jonah (Cancer borealis)
- Queen or Snow (Chionecetes opilio)
- Rock (Cancer irroratus)
- Spider (Hyas coarctatus)
- Toad (Hyas araneus)
- Lobster (Homarus americanus)
- Mussel, Blue (Mytilus edulis)
Oyster
- American (Crassostrea virginica)
- Pacific (Crassostrea gigas)
Scallops
- Sea (Placopecten magellanicus)
- Icelandic (Chlamys islandica)
- Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)
Shrimp
- Pink (Pandalus borealis)
- Side-stripe (Pandalopsis dispar)
- Spot (Pandalus platyceros)
- Squid (Illex illecebrosus)
- Whelk (Buccinum undatum)
