Marine and Anadromous Fish (Continued) 



Species Status 



Sculpin, staghorn 3B 



Seabass, white (see croaker) 

 Shad, American 3B 



Shark 



Basking 



Leopard 



Soupfln 



Thresher 



Unclassified 



Sheephead 

 Skates and Rays 



Stingray- 

 Smelt 



Eulachon 



Coastal cutthroat 



Tuna 



3B 

 3C 

 kA 

 3C 

 1+C 



3C 



kc 

 kc 



3C 



20 



2C 



Remarks 

 Further potential as striped bass bait. 



Sport use only, moderate demand. Greatest 

 danger is habitat alteration. 



Needs improved processing. 



Limited commercial use. 



Makes excellent fresh or smoked product 



Excellent food. 



Needs improved marketing 



techniques. 

 Primarily sport. 



Economically not feasible to catch. 

 Need to develop use. 

 The following species have greater 



potential for increased sport and 



commercial harvest. 

 Anadromous - seasonal concentration in 

 rivers of northern California. 



Market destroyed by mercury controversy. 

 Sport only, in demand as a trophy species. 



High sport demand. Sport only. Essen- 

 tially all are taken in streams or 

 estuaries . 



Sport only. Limited habitat. Essen- 

 tially all are taJten in streams or 

 estuaries . 



Involves foreign nations - excellent 



sport . 

 Limited landing, not available to surface 



fishery- 

 Involves foreign nations. 

 Involves foreign nations. 

 Involves foreign nations. 



Primarily sport use. 

 Highly esteemed for sport, limited 

 commercial use. 



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