The following species are classified as food fish under RCW
| Barracuda |
| Pacific barracuda | Sphyraena argentea |
| Cyprinids |
| Carp | Cyprinus carpio |
| Cods and hake |
Pacific hake or whiting
Walleye pollock
Pacific Tomcod
Pacific Cod or true cod | Merluccius productus
Theragra chalcogrammus
Microgadus proximus
Gadusmacrocephalus |
| Flounder, sole and halibut |
Butter sole or Bellingham sole
C-O sole
Dover sole
English sole
Flathead sole
Pacific halibut
Petrale sole
Rex sole
Rock sole
Pacific sand dab
Sand sole
Slender sole
Speckled sand dab
Starry flounder
Turbot or Arrowtooth flounder
All other species of sole and flounder
Giant wrymouth |
Isopsetta isolepis
Pleuronichtys coenosus
Microstomus pacificus
Parophrys vetulus
Hippoglossoides elassodon
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Eopsetta jordani
Glyptocephalus zachirus
Lepidopsetta bilineata
Citharichthys sordidus
Psettichthys melanostictus
Lyopsetta exilis
Citharichthys stigmaeus
Platichthys stellatus
Atheresthes stomias
(Pleuronectiformes)
Delolepsis gigantea |
| Greenling |
Lingcod
Rock greenling
Kelp greenling
All other species of
greenling | Ophiodon elongatus
Hexagrammos superciliosus
Hexagrammos decagrammus
(Hexagrammidae) |
| Herring and herring-like fishes |
Northern anchovy
Pacific sand lance or candlefish
Pacific herring
Pacific sardine or pilchard
American shad | Engraulis mordax
Ammodytes hexapterus
Clupea harengus pallasi
Sardinops sagax
Alosa sapidissima |
Mackerels, tunas and jacks
(carangids) |
Pacific bonito
Pacific mackerel
Jack mackerel
Monterey Spanish mackerel
Spanish mackerel
Yellowtail
Albacore
Bluefin tuna
Skipjack tuna
Yellowfin tuna
All other species of tunas
and mackerels
Pacific pomfret
Pacific pompano
Plainfin midshipman
Ratfish
Rattails, all species | Sarda chiliensis
Scomber japonicus
Trachurus symmetricus
Scomberomorus concolor
Scomberomorus maculatus
Seriola dorsalis
Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus thynnus
Euthynnus pelamis
Thunnus albacares
(Scombridae)
Brama japonica
Peprilus simillimus
Parichthys notatus
Hydrolagus colliei
(Coryphaenoididae) |
| Skates |
Longnose skate
Big skate
All other species of skates | Raja rhina
Raja binoculata
(Rajidae) |
| Rockfish |
Bocaccio
Black rockfish
Brown rockfish
Copper rockfish
Greenstriped rockfish
Canary rockfish
Pacific Ocean perch
Yelloweye or rasphead
rockfish
Rosefish or splitnose rockfish
Silvergray rockfish
Quillback rockfish
Yellowtail rockfish
All other species of rockfish
Sablefish | Sebastes paucispinis
Sebastes melanops
Sebastes auriculatus
Sebastes caurinus
Sebastes elongatus
Sebastes pinniger
Sebastes alutus
Sebastes ruberrimus
Sebastes diploproa
Sebastes brevispinis
Sebastes maliger
Sebastes flavidus
(Scorpaenidae)
Anoplopoma fimbria |
| Salmon |
Chinook or King salmon
(except in its landlocked form as defined in WAC 232-12-018)
Chum or dog salmon
Pink or humpback
Coho or silver
(except in its landlocked form as defined in WAC 232-12-018)
Sockeye or blue back
Masu
Atlantic salmon (except in its landlocked form) | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Oncorhynchus keta
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Oncorhynchus nerka
Oncorhynchus masu
Salmo salar |
| Sculpins |
Brown Irish lord
Buffalo sculpin
Cabezon
Great sculpin
Pacific Staghorn sculpin
Red Irish lord | Hemilepidotus spinosus
Enophrys bison
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
Leptocottus armatus
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus |
| Seabass and drums |
White seabass
All other seabass and
drums | Cynoscion nobilis
(Sciaenidae and Serranidae) |
| Sharks |
Sixgill shark
Soupfin shark
Dogfish or spiny dogfish
All other species of sharks | Hexanchus griseus
Galeorhinus zyopterus
Squalus acanthias
(Squaliformes and Hexanchiformes) |
| Smelts |
Eulachon or Columbia
River smelt
Longfin smelt
Surf smelt
All other species of smelt |
Thaleichthys pacificus
Spirinchus dilatus
Hypomesus pretiosus
(Osmeridae) |
| Sturgeons |
Green sturgeon
White sturgeon | Acipenser medirostris
Acipenser transmontanus |
| Surfperches |
Blue perch or striped
seaperch
Kelp perch
Redtail surfperch
Shiner perch
Pile perch
Walleye surfperch
White seaperch
All other species of perch
Wolf-eel |
Embiotoca lateralis
Brachyistius frenatus
Amphistichus rhodoterus
Cymatogaster aggregata
Rhacochilus vacca
Hyperprosopon argenteum
Phanerodon furcatus
(Embiotocidae)
Anarrhichthys ocellatus |
| Hagfishes |
Pacific hagfish
Black hagfish | Eptatretus stouti
Eptatretus deani |