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(salt water game fish) Morone saxatilis: 1994 [42] New Jersey: Brook trout (freshwater) Salvelinus fontinalis: 1991 [43] [44] Striped bass (salt water game fish) Morone saxatilis: 2017 [45] New Mexico: Rio Grande cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies virginalis) 2005 [46] New York: Brook trout (freshwater) Salvelinus fontinalis ...
The United States imports more saltwater fish than any other country in the world. There are approximately 2,000 different species of saltwater fish that are imported and used in captivity. [3] In many circumstances, fish used for marine trade are collected using harmful tactics such as cyanide.
The Atlantic salmon was given its scientific binomial name by Swedish zoologist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.The name, Salmo salar, derives from the Latin salmo, meaning salmon, and salar, meaning leaper, according to M. Barton, [4] but more likely meaning "resident of salt water" [citation needed].
The wild Atlantic salmon fishery is commercially dead; after extensive habitat damage and overfishing, wild fish make up only 0.5% of the Atlantic salmon available in world fish markets. The rest are farmed, predominantly from aquaculture in Norway, Chile, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Faroe Islands, Russia and Tasmania in Australia.
Fish farming of Pacific salmon is outlawed in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, [101] however, there is a substantial network of publicly funded hatcheries, [102] and the State of Alaska's fisheries management system is viewed as a leader in the management of wild fish stocks.
The Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus [2]) is a species of marine fish in the Trachinotus genus of the family Carangidae.It has a compressed body and short snout; coloration varies from blue-greenish silver on the dorsal areas and silver to yellow on the body and fins.
Fish of the United States (8 C, 72 P) Pages in category "Fish of North America" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total.
Cynoscion regalis is a salt-water fish native to the mid Atlantic region of the east coast of the United States. Ranging from 12-18 inches once fully matured, with some adults reaching well above this range at up to 3 feet and 18 lbs.