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Common name - Alaska pollock, Walleye pollock
Alaska pollock, Walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma)
Scientific name - Theragra chalcogramma
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Caught at sea   White fish
The U.S. BS/AI Alaska pollock fishery is well managed by a system of Total Allowable Catches and individual vessel quotas. Although bycatch is...
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Common name - Albacore tuna
Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)
Scientific name - Thunnus alalunga
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Albacore are moderately vulnerable to overfishing and most stocks are healthy with varying degrees of management. However the North Atlantic...
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Common name - American hard shell clam
American hard shell clam (Mercenaria mercenariax)
Scientific name - Mercenaria mercenariax
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Caught at sea   Shellfish
Avoid eating clams dredged from wild stocks, instead choose clams harvested in the wild by sustainable methods only that cause less habitat disturbance....
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Common name - Anchovy
Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
Scientific name - Engraulis encrasicolus
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Anchovy are a species with a low vulnerability and high resilience, thus they can sustain high levels of fishing pressure and can recover quickly...
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Common name - Atlantic sea/surf clam
Scientific name - Spisula solidissima
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Caught at sea   Shellfish
The surf clam stock is healthy and fished at a sustainable rate. Management practices have been in place since the 1980s which has helped to...
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Common name - Bass, seabass
Bass, seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Scientific name - Dicentrarchus labrax
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Caught at sea   White fish
Bass, commonly referred to as seabass in the restaurant trade, is both a valuable recreational and commercial species. Commercial exploitation...
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Common name - Bigeye tuna
Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
Scientific name - Thunnus obesus
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Bigeye tuna is slower and larger growing than skipjack and yellowfin and is thus more vulnerable to overfishing. Of the bigeye tuna fisheries...
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Common name - Black bream or porgy or seabream
Black bream or porgy or seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
Scientific name - Spondyliosoma cantharus
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Caught at sea   White fish
Black bream stocks currently appear to be in a healthy state, however there is a lack of stock assessment and adequate management for the species....
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Common name - Brill
Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)
Scientific name - Scophthalmus rhombus
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Caught at sea   White fish
Fisheries for this species are poorly managed. Due to lack of data there is no assessment of brill populations or stock.The state of the stock...
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Common name - Carpet shell Clam
Carpet shell Clam (Venerupis pullastra)
Scientific name - Venerupis pullastra
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Avoid eating clams dredged from wild stocks. Choose clams harvested in the wild by sustainable methods only. Avoid eating undersized animals...
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