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Table 1. Species caught in
the January-June 1994 experimental fishery |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
|
Principal Fishes
|
| Acadian redfish |
Sebastes fasciatus |
| American plaice |
Hippoglossoides platessoides |
| Atlantic cod |
Gadus morhua |
| Atlantic wolffish |
Anarhichas lupus |
| Cusk |
Brosme brosme |
| Goosefish |
Lophius americanus |
| Haddock |
Melanogrammus aeglefinus |
| Ocean pout |
Macrozoarces americanus |
| Pollock |
Pollachius virens |
| Red hake |
Urophycis chuss |
| Silver hake |
Merluccius bilinearis |
| Skates |
Raja spp. |
| Spiny dogfish |
Squalus acanthias |
| White hake |
Urophycis tenuis |
| Windowpane |
Scophthalmus aquosus |
| Winter flounder |
Pleuronectes americanus |
| Witch flounder |
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus |
| Yellowtail flounder |
Pleuronectes ferrugineus |
|
Other Fishes
|
| Alewife |
Alosa pseudoharengus |
| American shad |
Alosa sapidissima |
| Atlantic halibut |
Hippoglossus hippoglossus |
| Atlantic herring |
Clupea harengus |
| Atlantic mackerel |
Scomber scombrus |
| Atlantic menhaden |
Brevoortia tyrannus |
| Atlantic torpedo |
Torpedo nobiliana |
| Bluefish |
Pomatomus saltatrix |
| Buckler dory |
Zenopsis conchifera |
| Butterfish |
Peprilus triacanthus |
| Conger eel |
Conger oceanicus |
| Cunner |
Tautogolabrus adspersus |
| Fourspot flounder |
Paralichthys oblongus |
| Lumpfish |
Cyclopterus lumpus |
| Marlin-spike |
Nezumia bairdi |
| Sculpins |
Myoxocephalus spp. |
| Scup |
Stenotomus chrysops |
| Sea lamprey |
Petromyzon marinus |
| Sea raven |
Hemitripterus americanus |
| Sharks |
Carcharhinus spp. |
| Summer flounder |
Paralichthys dentatus |
| Tilefish |
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps |
| Wrymouth |
Cryptacanthodes maculatus |
|
Principal Invertebrates
|
| American lobster |
Homarus americanus |
|
Other Invertebrates
|
| Atlantic rock crab |
Cancer irroratus |
| Atlantic surfclam |
Spisula solidissima |
| Jonah crab |
Cancer borealis |
| Longfin squid |
Loligo pealei1 |
| Northern shortfin squid |
Illex illecebrosus |
| Red deepsea crab |
Geryon quinquedens |
| Sea scallop |
Placopecten magellanicus |
| Spoonarm octopus |
Bathypolypus arcticus |
1Changed from L. pealeii to L.
pealei per communication of M. Vecchione, NMFS National Systematics
Lab., Washington, DC; July 1996. |