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 | Pleuron-ichthys 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 decagram-mus |
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 brevispims |
Quillback rockfish | Sebastes maliger |
Yellowtail rockfish | Sebastes flavidus |
All other species of rock-fish | (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 marmora-tus |
Great sculpin | Myoxocephalus polyacan-thocephalus |
Pacific Staghorn sculpin | Leptocottus armatus |
Red Irish lord | Hemilepidotus hemilepido-tus |
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 | Squalus suckleyi |
Pacific spiny dogfish | |
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 sea-perch | 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 |
Wash. Admin. Code § 220-300-370
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. 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. 98-06-031, § 220-12-010, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 95-17-062 (Order 95-102), § 220-12-010, filed 8/15/95, effective 9/15/95; 89-14-010 (Order 89-48), § 220-12-010, filed 6/22/89; 83-24-024 (Order 83-200), § 220-12-010, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; 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.