APPROVED MARINE SPECIES
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| Species | Restrictions | Region of Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Any Species in the NEFMC Groundfish Complex | Gulf of Maine or Georges Bank | |
| Atlantic Cod | US East Coast & Canada East Coast | |
|
Atlantic Herring |
|
US East Coast & Canada East Coast |
| Balao (Hemiramphus balao) | Must be frozen | Florida/FAO 31 |
| Ballyhoo (Hemiramphus brasiliensis) | Must be frozen | Florida/FAO 31 |
| Blackbelly Rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus) | Must be frozen and chain of custody must be maintained. | Uruguay |
| Capelin | Must be frozen | FAO 21 |
| Croaker | US East Coast | |
| Halibut | Atlantic & Pacific Ocean | |
| Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) | Must be frozen | Gulf of Mexico |
| Jamaican Weakfish (Cynoscion jamaicensis) | Wild caught, frozen, racks only | Suriname |
| King Weakfish (Macrodon ancylodon) | Wild caught, frozen, racks only | Suriname |
| Kinky (aka rockfish, long/short spinyhead, idiotfish) (Genus Sebastolobus) |
Must be frozen | US West Coast & Canada West Coast |
|
Lingcod |
Atlantic & Pacific Ocean | |
| Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) | Must be frozen if from China | US East Coast, Japan, Portugal and China |
| Mullet (Genus Mugilidae) | US & Canada | |
| Orange Roughy | Australia & New Zealand | |
| Menhaden (aka Pogie, Bunker) | US East Coast | |
| Patagonian toothfish | Must be frozen | Australia and Argentina |
| Pollock | Atlantic Ocean only | |
| Redfish | N. Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean | |
| Red Alphonsino | NE Atlantic Ocean | |
| Roundnose Grenadier | NE Atlantic Ocean | |
| River herring (alewife, blueback herring) | Maine | |
| Rockfish (Genus Sebastes) | Must be frozen | US West Coast & Canada West Coast |
| Sablefish | Alaska & Western Canada | |
| Skate | US Northeast Coast | |
| Shad | Maine | |
| Sole | US West Coast | |
| Southern Kingfish (Menticirrhus americanus) | Wild caught, frozen, racks only | Suriname |
| Tuna | North Pacific Ocean | |
| Any species that was legally caught in Maine coastal waters, except as otherwise prohibited in regulation | "Coastal waters" means all waters of the State within the rise and fall of the tide out to the limits of the exclusive economic zone as shown on the most recently published Federal Government nautical chart, but it does not include areas above any fishway or dam when the fishway or dam is the dividing line between tidewater and fresh water. |
Last Updated August 23, 2022