Fact Sheets

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