Groundfish
Alaska Pollock
Walleye, Bigeye Pollock, Snow Cod, Tomcod
Theragra chalcogramma
American Plaice
Canadian plaice, roughback, dab, sand dab, plaice
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Atlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
Atlantic Halibut
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Atlantic Pollock
Boston bluefish, merian, colin, saithe, coalfish
Pollachius virens
Canary Rockfish
Orange rockfish
Sebastes pinniger
Cusk
Brismak, bromius, tusk, torsk, moonfish
Brosme brosme
Greenland Halibut or Greenland
Turbot
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Lemon Sole or English Sole
Common sole, California sole
Parophrys vetulus
Lingcod
Blue Cod, Buffalo Cod, Green Cod, Greenling, Leopard Cod, Cultus Cod
Ophiodon elongatus
Monkfish
All-mouth, Sea-devil, Poisson-pecheur
Lophius americanus
Pacific Cod
Grey cod, true cod, P-cod
Gadus macrocephalus
Pacific Halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Pacific Ocean Perch
longjaw rockfish
Sebastes alutus
Pacific Whiting or Pacific Hake
Merluccius productus
Redfish or Ocean Perch
Bergylt, Norway haddock, Rosefish, Redfish, Sea Perch, Redbream or Ocean
Perch
Sebastes marinus
Red Hake or White Hake
Squirrel hake, white hake, mud hake, ling, merluche, codling
Urophycis chuss
Rock Sole
Roughback
Lepidopsetta bilineata
Roundnose Grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Roughhead Grenadier
Macrourus berglax
Sablefish
Alaska Blackcod
Anoplopoma fimbria
Silvergrey Rockfish
Sebastes brevispinis
Silver Hake
Merluccius bilinearis
Skate
Skider, Tinker, Ginny, Flanie, Banjo, Roker
Starry Skate, Atlantic Prickly Skate
Raja senta (smooth)
Raja radiata (thorny)
Summer Flounder
Fluke
Paralichthys dentatus
Winter Flounder
Blackback, lemon sole, George's bank flounder
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Wolffish or Atlantic Catfish
Ocean catfish, ocean whitefish
Anarhichas lupus
Witch Flounder
Gray Sole, Greysole
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Yelloweye Rockfish or Pacific
Red Snapper
Sebastes ruberrimus
Yellowtail Flounder
Rusty dab, sandy dab, mud dab
Limanda ferruginea
Pelagic and Estuarial
Farmed Salmon
Atlantic Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
Salmo salar, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch
Pacific Chinook Salmon
Chinook or spring (more common in Canada)
King (more common in the U.S.)
Quinault (West-Coast Indian name for this salmon)
Oncorhynchus tschawytscha
Pacific Chum Salmon
Silver-bright, semi-bright, dark; summer; keta. Sometimes known as "dog"
salmon because of the large teeth the species develops at spawning time.
Oncorhynchus keta
Pacific Coho Salmon
Coho, silver, medium-red salmon (when canned)
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Pacific Pink Salmon
Pinks, humpbacks
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Pacific Sockeye Salmon
Sockeye, reds, red salmon
"Sukkai," a corruption of the northwest coastal Indian name
for the species
Oncorhynchus nerka
Wild Pacific Salmon Overview
Mollusces & Crustaceans (Shellfish)
Atlantic Lobster
American Lobster, Northern Lobster
Homarus americanus
Blue Mussels
Mytilus edulis
Geoduck
Pronounced "gooey-duck", the name comes from the Nisqually Indian
"gwe-duk" meaning "dig-deep"
Panopea abrupta
Shrimp
Northern Shrimp, Pink Shrimp, Coldwater Shrimp
Pandalus borealis, P. montagui, P. jordani
Snow Crab
Queen Crab, Spider Crab
Chionoecetes opilio
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