Error message

Deprecated function: The each() function is deprecated. This message will be suppressed on further calls in menu_set_active_trail() (line 2385 of /srv/data/web/vhosts/www.indiseas.org/htdocs/includes/menu.inc).

USA (North-East) - Key Species

Spiny dogfish

Winter skate

Little skate

Atlantic herring

Silver hake

Atlantic cod

Haddock

Pollock

White hake

Red hake

Summer flounder

Yellowtail flounder

Winter flounder

Atlantic mackerel

Butterfish

Bluefish

Striped bass

Longhorn sculpin

Goosefish

Bay anchovy

Lanternfish

Ocean Pout

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

demersal scavengers that have served as an indicator of bottom disturbance and changes in a local fish community.

Winter skate (Dipturus laevis)

Very small pelagics that are important forage in estuarine and coastal areas.

Little skate (Dipturus laevis)

Small mesopelagics that are important forage along the continental shelf slope.

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis)

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Pollock (Pollachius virens)

White hake (Urophycis tenuis)

Red hake (Urophycis chuss)

Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)

Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)

Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)

Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus)

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

Longhorn sculpin

demersal scavengers that have served as an indicator of bottom disturbance and changes in a local fish community.

Goosefish (Lophius americanus)

Bay anchovy

Very small pelagics that are important forage in estuarine and coastal areas.

Lanternfish

Small mesopelagics that are important forage along the continental shelf slope.

Ocean Pout (Zoarces americanus)