Table 11-1. The Major Fishes of Coastal Maine and Their Primary "ealms of Importance. 



Species Category 



Commercial Sport Ecological 



Gad ids 



Atlantic cod X X 



Haddock X 



Hakes (red, white, and silver) X 



American pollock X 



Atlantic tomcod X 



Skates 



Little, winter, and thorny X 



Herrings 



Atlantic herring X X 



Atlantic menhaden X X 



American sand lance X 



Redfish X X 



Atlantic mackerel X X 



Sculpins X 



Rock gunnel X 



Flounders 



Winter flounder X X 



American plaice X X 



Yellowtail- and witch flounder X 



Smooth flounder and windowpane X 



Anadromous and catadromous Fishes 



Alewife XXX 



Atlantic salmon X 



American shad X 



Blueback herring X X 



American eel X X 



Rainbow smelt X X 



Atlantic sturgeon X 



Shortnose sturgeon X 



Striped bass X X 



Freshwater fishes 



Trout (brook, brown, lake, and rainbow) X 



Smallmouth- and largemouth bass X 



White perch X 



Yellow perch X X 



Chain pickerel X 



Minnows X 



White sucker X 



Brown bullhead X 



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10-80 



