PDFWAC 220-300-370
Food fish—Classification.
The following species are classified as food fish under RCW 77.12.047 and are subject to the provisions of this title:
Barracuda | ||
Pacific barracuda | Sphyraena argentea | |
Cyprinids | ||
Carp | Cyprinus carpio | |
Codfishes | ||
Pacific hake or whiting | Merluccius productus | |
Walleye pollock | Gadus chalcogrammus | |
Pacific Tomcod | Microgadus proximus | |
Pacific Cod or true cod | Gadus macrocephalus | |
Flatfishes | ||
Butter sole or Bellingham sole | Isopsetta isolepis | |
C-O sole | Pleuronichthys coenosus | |
Dover sole | Microstomus pacificus | |
English sole | Parophrys vetulus | |
Flathead sole | Hippoglossoides elassodon | |
Pacific halibut | Hippoglossus stenolepis | |
Petrale sole | Eopsetta jordani | |
Rex sole | Glyptocephalus zachirus | |
Northern rock sole | Lepidopsetta polyxystra | |
Southern rock sole | Lepidopsetta bilineata | |
Pacific sand dab | Citharichthys sordidus | |
Sand sole | Psettichthys melanostictus | |
Slender sole | Lyopsetta exilis | |
Speckled sand dab | Citharichthys stigmaeus | |
Starry flounder | Platichthys stellatus | |
Turbot or Arrowtooth flounder | Atheresthes stomias | |
All other species of sole and flounder | (Pleuronectiformes) | |
Greenling | ||
Lingcod | Ophiodon elongatus | |
Rock greenling | Hexagrammos superciliosus | |
Kelp greenling | Hexagrammos decagrammus | |
All other species of greenling | (Hexagrammidae) | |
Herring and other forage fishes | ||
Northern anchovy | Engraulis mordax | |
Pacific sand lance | Ammodytes personatus | |
Pacific herring | Clupea pallasii | |
Pacific sardine or pilchard | Sardinops sagax | |
American shad | Alosa sapidissima | |
Mackerels, tunas, and jacks | ||
Pacific bonito | Sarda chiliensis | |
Pacific mackerel | Scomber japonicus | |
Jack mackerel | Trachurus symmetricus | |
Monterey Spanish mackerel | Scomberomorus concolor | |
Spanish mackerel | Scomberomorus maculatus | |
Yellowtail | Seriola dorsalis | |
Albacore | Thunnus alalunga | |
Bluefin tuna | Thunnus thynnus | |
Skipjack tuna | Euthynnus pelamis | |
Yellowfin tuna | Thunnus albacares | |
All other species of tunas and mackerels | (Scombridae) | |
Rockfish | ||
Bocaccio | Sebastes paucispinis | |
Black rockfish | Sebastes melanops | |
Brown rockfish | Sebastes auriculatus | |
Copper rockfish | Sebastes caurinus | |
Greenstriped rockfish | Sebastes elongatus | |
Canary rockfish | Sebastes pinniger | |
Pacific Ocean perch | Sebastes alutus | |
Yelloweye rockfish | Sebastes ruberrimus | |
Splitnose rockfish | Sebastes diploproa | |
Silvergray rockfish | Sebastes brevispinis | |
Quillback rockfish | Sebastes maliger | |
Yellowtail rockfish | Sebastes flavidus | |
All other species of rockfish | (Scorpaenidae) | |
Salmon | ||
Chinook or King salmon (except in its landlocked form as defined in WAC 232-12-018) | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | |
Chum or dog salmon | Oncorhynchus keta | |
Pink or humpback | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | |
Coho or silver (except in its landlocked form as defined in WAC 232-12-018) | Oncorhynchus kisutch | |
Sockeye or blue back | Oncorhynchus nerka | |
Masu | Oncorhynchus masu | |
Atlantic salmon (except in its landlocked form) | Salmo salar | |
Sculpins | ||
Brown Irish lord | Hemilepidotus spinosus | |
Buffalo sculpin | Enophrys bison | |
Cabezon | Scorpaenichthys marmoratus | |
Great sculpin | Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus | |
Pacific Staghorn sculpin | Leptocottus armatus | |
Red Irish lord | Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus | |
Seabass and drums | ||
White seabass | Cynoscion nobilis | |
All other seabass and drums | (Sciaenidae and Serranidae) | |
Sharks | ||
Sixgill shark | Hexanchus griseus | |
Tope shark | Galeorhinus galeus | |
North Pacific spiny dogfish | Squalus suckleyi | |
All other species of sharks | (Selachimorpha) | |
Skates | ||
Longnose skate | Raja rhina | |
Big skate | Beringraja Binoculata | |
All other species of skate | (Rajiformes) | |
Smelts | ||
Eulachon or Columbia River smelt | Thaleichthys pacificus | |
Longfin smelt | Spirinchus thaleichthys | |
Surf smelt | Hypomesus pretiosus | |
All other species of smelt | (Osmeridae) | |
Sturgeons | ||
Green sturgeon | Acipenser medirostris | |
White sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | |
Surfperches | ||
Blue perch or striped seaperch | Embiotoca lateralis | |
Kelp perch | Brachyistius frenatus | |
Redtail surfperch | Amphistichus rhodoterus | |
Shiner perch | Cymatogaster aggregata | |
Pile perch | Rhacochilus vacca | |
Walleye surfperch | Hyperprosopon argenteum | |
White seaperch | Phanerodon furcatus | |
All other species of perch | (Embiotocidae) | |
Hagfishes | ||
Pacific hagfish | Eptatretus stouti | |
Black hagfish | Eptatretus deani | |
Other | ||
Opah | Lampris guttatus | |
Swordfish | Xiphias gladius | |
Striped marlin | Kajikia audax | |
Dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus | |
Giant wrymouth | Delolepsis gigantea | |
Pacific pomfret | Brama japonica | |
Pacific pompano | Peprilus simillimus | |
Plainfin midshipman | Parichthys notatus | |
Ratfish | Hydrolagus colliei | |
Rattails, all species | (Coryphaenoididae) | |
Sablefish | Anoplopoma fimbria | |
Wolf-eel | Anarrhichthys ocellatus | |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, and 77.04.055. WSR 20-04-058 (Order 20-19), § 220-300-370, filed 1/30/20, effective 7/1/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-05-112 (Order 17-04), recodified as § 220-300-370, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-01-085 (Order 16-322), § 220-12-010, filed 12/16/16, effective 1/16/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 34.05.353 (1)(b), (c), and (d), 77.12.047, 77.50.050, and chapters 77.65 and 77.70 RCW. WSR 12-09-046 (Order 12-61), § 220-12-010, filed 4/13/12, effective 5/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. WSR 98-06-031, § 220-12-010, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. WSR 95-17-062 (Order 95-102), § 220-12-010, filed 8/15/95, effective 9/15/95; WSR 89-14-010 (Order 89-48), § 220-12-010, filed 6/22/89; WSR 83-24-024 (Order 83-200), § 220-12-010, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-12-010, filed 3/18/82; Order 1057, § 220-12-010, filed 5/22/73; Order 807, § 220-12-010, filed 1/2/69, effective 2/1/69; Order 677, Food fish classification, filed 3/31/66; Order 256, Food fish classification, filed 3/1/60.]