Species Directory

Sustainable Seafood

U.S. fisheries are among the world's largest and most sustainable. Seafood harvested from federally-managed U.S. fisheries is inherently sustainable as a result of our science-based fishery management process. This directory of seafood profiles focuses on the most common federally-managed marine species. It is not a comprehensive list of all seafood species you may encounter in the marketplace, or all the species caught or farmed in U.S. waters. Can't find a particular type of seafood? It may not be in our directory if: it is primarily harvested from state (not federal) waters, it is a freshwater species, or it is not a product of the United States.

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Region
Image	Pacific Mackerel Scomber japonicus Also Known As Chub mackerel, Spanish mackerel	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Mahimahi Coryphaena hippurus Also Known As Mahi mahi, Dolphinfish, Dorado	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Ocean Perch Sebastes alutus Also Known As POP, Rockfish	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Also Known As Japanese oyster, Miyagi oyster, Pacific cupped oyster	Species Category Invertebrates Clams, Mussels, Oysters Farmed Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Sardine Sardinops sagax caerulea Also Known As Pilchard, California sardine, California pilchard, Sardina, Sardine	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Also Known As Mako shark, Blue pointer, Bonito shark, Pacific mako shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Skipjack Tuna Katsuwonus pelamis Also Known As Ocean bonito, Lesser tuna, Aku, Katsuo	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Spiny Dogfish Squalus suckleyi Also Known As Dogfish, Spring dogfish, Spiked dogfish, Grayfish, Spur dog, Piked dogfish	Species Category Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Wahoo Acanthocybium solanderi Also Known As Kingfish, Peto, Guarapucu, Ono, Thazard batard, Wahoo	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Whiting Mercluccius productus Also Known As Pacific hake	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares Also Known As Ahi, Kihada	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Petrale Sole Eopsetta jordani Also Known As Sole, Flounder, California sole, Brill, Petral, Jordan’s flounder, Round-nosed sole	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Also Known As Humpback salmon, Humpy, Gorbusch, Haddo, Holia	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Pink Shrimp Farfantepenaeus duorarum Also Known As Spotted shrimp, Hopper, Pink spotted shrimp, Brown spotted shrimp, Grooved shrimp, Green shrimp, Pink night shrimp, Red shrimp, Skipper, Pushed shrimp	Species Category Invertebrates Shrimp Wild-Caught Seafood	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Queen Conch Aliger gigas Also Known As Strombus gigas, Lobatus gigas, Conch, Pink conch, Carrucho, Caracol reina	Species Category Invertebrates Protected Invertebrate Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Southeast
Image	Red Grouper Epinephelus morio Also Known As Grouper, Cherna americana, Negre	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Red Hake Urophycis chuss Also Known As Ling, Squirrel hake	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus Also Known As Alaska king crab, King crab	Species Category Invertebrates Crab Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska
Image	Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus Also Known As Snapper, Genuine red snapper, American reds, Spot snapper	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Southeast
Image	Rex Sole Glyptocephalus zachirus Also Known As Witch sole, Threadfin sole	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Rock Sole Lepidopsetta billineta (southern rock sole) and Lepidopsetta polyxystra (northern rock sole) Also Known As Sole, Flounder, Rock flounder, Two-lined flounder, White-bellied flounder	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria Also Known As Black cod, Butterfish, Skil, Beshow, Coalfish	Species Category Fish Farmed Seafood Wild-Caught Seafood	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus Also Known As Thickskin shark, Brown shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Scup Stenotomus chrysops Also Known As Porgy, Maiden, Fair maid, Ironsides, Northern porgy	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Shortfin Squid Illex illecebrosus Also Known As Illex squid, Summer squid	Species Category Invertebrates Squid Wild-Caught Seafood	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic