Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 08 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 02 - FISHERIES SERVICE › Chapter 08.02.12 - Endangered and Threatened Fish Species › Section 08.02.12.03 - Listing of Species

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A.The following species are listed as in need of conservation:
(1) Striped bass (Morone saxatilis);
(2) American shad (Alosa sapidissima);
(3) Hickory shad (Alosa mediocris);
(4) Yellow perch (Perca flavescens);
(5) American oyster (Crassostrea virginica);
(6) Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus);
(7) All species of shark in the order:
(a) Carcharhiniformes
(b) Hexanchiformes;
(c) Lamniformes;
(d) Orectolobiformes;
(e) Squaliformes; and
(f) Squatiniformes;
(8) Conch:
(a) Knobbed whelk (Busycon carica),
(b) Channel whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus), and
(c) Lightning whelk (Busycotypus sinistrum);
(9) Scup (Stenotomus chrysops);
(10) Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus);
(11) Monkfish (Lophius americanus);
(12) Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias);
(13) Swordfish (Xiphias gladius);
(14) Billfish:
(a) Atlantic Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans);
(b) Atlantic White Marlin (Kajikia albidus);
(c) Atlantic Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus); and
(d) Roundscale Spearfish (Tetrapturus georgii);
(15) Walleye (Sander vitreus);
(16) Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians);
(17) Snapper Grouper Complex:
(a) Queen snapper (Etelis oculatus);
(b) Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus);
(c) Gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus);
(d) Mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis);
(e) Lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris);
(f) Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus);
(g) Dog snapper (Lutjanus jocu);
(h) Schoolmaster (Lutjanus apodus);
(i) Mahogany snapper (Lutjanus mahogoni);
(j) Vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens);
(k) Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus);
(l) Silk snapper (Lutjanus vivanus);
(m) Blackfin snapper (Lutjanus buccanella);
(n) Black snapper (Apsilus dentatus);
(o) Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus);
(p) Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus);
(q) Knobbed porgy (Calamus nodosus);
(r) Jolthead porgy (Calamus bajonado);
(s) Whitebone porgy (Calamus leucosteus);
(t) Saucereye porgy (Calamus calamus);
(u) Grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons);
(v) Longspine porgy (Stenotomus caprinus);
(w) White grunt (Haemulon plumieri);
(x) Black margate (Anistotremus surinamensis);
(y) Margate (Haemulon album);
(z) Tomtate (Haemulon aurolineatum);
(aa) Sailor's choice (Haemulon parra);
(bb) Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus);
(cc) Bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus);
(dd) French grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum);
(ee) Cottonwick (Haemulon melanurum);
(ff) Spanish grunt (Haemulon macrostomum);
(gg) Smallmouth grunt (Haemulon chrysargeryum);
(hh) Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili);
(ii) Crevalle jack (Caranx hippos);
(jj) Blue runner (Caranx crysos);
(kk) Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana);
(ll) Banded rudderfish (Seriola zonanta);
(mm) Bar jack (Caranx ruber);
(nn) Lesser amberjack (Seriola fasciata);
(oo) Yellow jack (Caranx bartholomaei);
(pp) Gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus);
(qq) Ocean triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen);
(rr) Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula);
(ss) Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus);
(tt) Puddingwife (Halichoeres radiates);
(uu) Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber);
(vv) Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci);
(ww) Coney (Cephalopholis fulva);
(xx) Gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis);
(yy) Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara);
(zz) Graysby (Cephalopholis cruentata);
(aaa) Misty grouper (Epinephelus mystacinus);
(bbb) Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus);
(ccc) Red grouper (Epinephelus morio);
(ddd) Red hind (Epinephelus guttatus);
(eee) Rock hind (Epinephelus adscensionis);
(fff) Scamp (Mycteroperca phenax);
(ggg) Snowy grouper (Epinephelus niveatus);
(hhh) Speckled hind (Epinephelus drummondhayi);
(iii) Tiger grouper (Mycteroperca tigris);
(jjj) Warsaw grouper (Epinephelus nigritus);
(kkk) Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus);
(lll) Yellowedge grouper (Epinephelus flavolimbatus);
(mmm) Yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa);
(nnn) Yellowmouth grouper (Mycteroperca interstitialis);
(ooo) Blueline tilefish (Caulolatilus microps);
(ppp) Golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps); and
(qqq) Sand tilefish (Malacanthus plumieri);
(18) Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus);
(19) Jonah crab (Cancer borealis);
(20) Cobia (Rachycentron canadum); and
(21) Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus).