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

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

PART I

Anadromous Fish

Item	Column I	Column II
Item	Common Name	Scientific Name
1	Salmon (Atlantic, Pink, Coho)	Salmo salar, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha and Oncorhynchus kisutch

PART II

Groundfish

Item	Column I	Column II
Item	Common Name	Scientific Name
1	American angler	Lophius americanus
2	American plaice	Hippoglossoides platessoides
3	Argentine	Argentina silus
3.1	Atlantic hagfish	Myxine glutinosa
4	Atlantic searobins	Prionotus spp.
5	Cod (Atlantic)	Gadus morhua
6	Cunner	Tautogolabrus adspersus
7	Cusk (Tusk)	Brosme brosme
8	Dogfish	Squalidae
9	Greenland cod	Gadus ogac
10	Greenland halibut (turbot)	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
11	Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus
12	Atlantic halibut	Hippoglossus hippoglossus
13	Ling (European)	Molva molva
14	Lumpfish	Cyclopterus lumpus
15	Ocean pout	Macrozoarces americanus
16	Pollock (Saithe)	Pollachius virens
17	Arctic cod (Polar cod)	Boreogadus saida
18	Red hake	Urophycis chuss
19	Redfish	Sebastes spp.
20	Roughhead grenadier	Macrourus berglax
21	Roundnose grenadier	Macrourus rupestris
22	Sandeel (Sand lance)	Ammodytes spp.
23	Sculpin	Myoxocephalus spp.
24	Silver hake	Merluccius bilinearis
25	Skate	Raja spp.
26	White hake	Urophycis tenuis
27	Winter flounder	Pseudoplevronectes americanus
28	Witch flounder	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
29	Wolffish	Anarhichas spp.
30	Yellowtail flounder	Limanda ferruginea

PART III

Pelagic Fish

Item	Column I	Column II
Item	Common Name	Scientific Name
1	Capelin	Mallotus villosus
2	Herring	Clupea harengus
3	Mackerel	Scomber scombrus
3.1	Shark, including porbeagle, blue and shortfin mako, but excluding dogfish	Squaliformes, including Lamna nasus, Prionace glauca and Isurus oxyrinchus, but excluding squalida
4	Swordfish	Xiphias gladius
5	Tuna (Albacore, Bigeye, Bluefin, Yellowfin)	Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, and Thunnus albacares

PART IV

Shellfish

Item	Column I	Column II
Item	Common Name	Scientific Name
1	Crab	Any of Cancer borealis, Geryon quinquedens, Cancer irroratus, Chionoecetes opilio and Lithodes maia
2	Iceland scallop	Chlamys islandica
3	Jonah crab	Cancer borealis
4	Lobster	Homarus americanus
5	Ocean quahaug	Arctica islandica
6	Red crab	Geryon quinquedens
7	Rock crab	Cancer irroratus
8	Scallop	Chlamys islandica and Placopecten magellanicus
8.1	Sea cucumber	Cucumaria frondosa
9	Sea scallop	Placopecten magellanicus
10	Sea urchin	Strongylocentrotus spp.
11	Shrimp	Pandalus spp.
12	Snow crab	Chionoecetes opilio
12.1	Stimpson’s surf clam	Mactromeris polynyma
13	Stone crab	Lithodes maia
14	Squid	Illex illecebrosus and Loligo pealei
15	Whelk	Buccinum undatum

PART V

Marine Plants

Item	Column I	Column II
Item	Common Name	Scientific Name
1	Dulse	Palmaria palmata
2	Irish moss	Chondrus chrispus and Gigartina stellata
3	Horsetail or Wire weed	Furcellaria fastigiata
4	Rockweed	Ascophylilum nodosum