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Figure 6-3.— Spawning Areas (June-September) for Selected Benthic Invertebrates and Demersal Fishes 



Number of species 

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This computer-generated map of the Bering, Chukchi, Beaufort Seas area of Alaska shows how information about various species 

 can be combined to develop pictures of offshore areas (In this case, spawning areas) where mining activities may be detrimental. 



SOURCE: strategic Assessment Brancti, NOAA. 



Invertebrates: 



List of Species Included in Computer-Generated Composite Map 



Fishes: 



Small crangonid shrimps (Crangon communis, C. dalli, 



C. septemspinosa) 

 Northern Pink Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) 

 SIdestrIpe Shrimp (Pandalopsis dispar) 

 Humpy Shrimp {Pandalus goniuris) 

 Pandalld shrimp (Pandalus tridens) 

 Opossum shrimp (Mysis relicta) 

 Korean Hair Crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii) 

 Red King Crab {Paralithodes camtsctiatica) 

 Golden King Crab {Lithodes aequispina) 

 Blue King Crab {Paralithodes platypus) 

 Balrdi Tanner Crab {Chionoecetes bairdi) 



Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) 

 Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) 

 Yellowfln Sole (Limanda aspera) 

 Alaska Plaice {Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) 

 Greenland Turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) 

 Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) 

 Arrowtooth Flounder (Atheresthes stomias) 

 Flathead Sole {Hippoglossoides elassodon) 

 Pacific Halibut {Hippoglossus stenolepis) 



