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Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985 (SOR/86-21)

Regulations are current to 2024-02-20 and last amended on 2022-09-27. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE I(Sections 2, 3, 14)Common and Scientific Names of Fish and Marine Plants

PART I

Anadromous Fish

ItemColumn IColumn II
Common NameScientific Name
1Salmon (Atlantic, Pink, Coho)Salmo salar, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha and Oncorhynchus kisutch

PART II

Groundfish

ItemColumn IColumn II
Common NameScientific Name
1American anglerLophius americanus
2American plaiceHippoglossoides platessoides
3ArgentineArgentina silus
3.1Atlantic hagfishMyxine glutinosa
4Atlantic searobinsPrionotus spp.
5Cod (Atlantic)Gadus morhua
6CunnerTautogolabrus adspersus
7Cusk (Tusk)Brosme brosme
8DogfishSqualidae
9Greenland codGadus ogac
10Greenland halibut (turbot)Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
11HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus
12Atlantic halibutHippoglossus hippoglossus
13Ling (European)Molva molva
14LumpfishCyclopterus lumpus
15Ocean poutMacrozoarces americanus
16Pollock (Saithe)Pollachius virens
17Arctic cod (Polar cod)Boreogadus saida
18Red hakeUrophycis chuss
19RedfishSebastes spp.
20Roughhead grenadierMacrourus berglax
21Roundnose grenadierMacrourus rupestris
22Sandeel (Sand lance)Ammodytes spp.
23SculpinMyoxocephalus spp.
24Silver hakeMerluccius bilinearis
25SkateRaja spp.
26White hakeUrophycis tenuis
27Winter flounderPseudoplevronectes americanus
28Witch flounderGlyptocephalus cynoglossus
29WolffishAnarhichas spp.
30Yellowtail flounderLimanda ferruginea

PART III

Pelagic Fish

ItemColumn IColumn II
Common NameScientific Name
1CapelinMallotus villosus
2HerringClupea harengus
3MackerelScomber scombrus
3.1Shark, including porbeagle, blue and shortfin mako, but excluding dogfishSqualiformes, including Lamna nasus, Prionace glauca and Isurus oxyrinchus, but excluding squalida
4SwordfishXiphias gladius
5Tuna (Albacore, Bigeye, Bluefin, Yellowfin)Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, and Thunnus albacares

PART IV

Shellfish

ItemColumn IColumn II
Common NameScientific Name
1CrabAny of Cancer borealis, Geryon quinquedens, Cancer irroratus, Chionoecetes opilio and Lithodes maia
2Iceland scallopChlamys islandica
3Jonah crabCancer borealis
4LobsterHomarus americanus
5Ocean quahaugArctica islandica
6Red crabGeryon quinquedens
7Rock crabCancer irroratus
8ScallopChlamys islandica and Placopecten magellanicus
8.1Sea cucumberCucumaria frondosa
9Sea scallopPlacopecten magellanicus
10Sea urchinStrongylocentrotus spp.
11ShrimpPandalus spp.
12Snow crabChionoecetes opilio
12.1Stimpson’s surf clamMactromeris polynyma
13Stone crabLithodes maia
14SquidIllex illecebrosus and Loligo pealei
15WhelkBuccinum undatum

PART V

Marine Plants

ItemColumn IColumn II
Common NameScientific Name
1DulsePalmaria palmata
2Irish mossChondrus chrispus and Gigartina stellata
3Horsetail or Wire weedFurcellaria fastigiata
4RockweedAscophylilum nodosum
  • SOR/87-468, ss. 10(F) to 12(F)
  • SOR/89-85, s. 2
  • SOR/91-76, ss. 8, 9
  • SOR/91-225, s. 4(E)
  • SOR/94-292, s. 8
  • SOR/2005-268, s. 4
  • SOR/2017-58, s. 20(F)
  • SOR/2022-196, s. 7(E)
 

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