Bluefin Tuna(Thunnus thynnus)
Description: Dark blue to black in color with green-grey shine. Maximum size is 118 inches (9.8 feet!), 1,496 pounds.
Habitat: Found in the water column (pelagic) from Iceland to Africa.
Diet: Eat numerous other fish
Fishery: Caught with nets and rod and reel. Large commercial and recreational, mainly for the Japanese sushi markets.
Bluefish(Pomatomus saltatrix)
Description: Deeply forked tail, color is sea-green/blue above to silvery below. Maximum size 3.5 feet.
Habitat: Found both inshore and offshore in the water column (pelagic) from America to Australia in warmer waters.
Diet: Voracious, eats mackerel, herring, squid, hake, butterfish and more.
Fishery: Caught with trawls, nets, hooks and traps. Commercial and recreational fishery.
Fluke (many species including all flounder, sole, halibut, dabs, plaice and turbots)
Description: Characterized by flattened bodied with both eyes on one side of the body.
Habitat: Sand or gravel bottom, often found well camouflaged with their surroundings
Diet: Fish, crabs, mussels, lobster, clams, worms and other bottom-dwelling organisms
Fishery: Caught mostly with bottom trawls, mostly a commercial and fishery.
Striped Bass(Roccus saxatilis)
Description: Dark olive to blueish above, silvery on the belly with stripes on the sides. Average weight is from 15-35 pounds. Females are larger than males. Often found in the surf.
Habitat: Inshore waters at the surface mostly. Bass swim up into rivers and estuaries to spawn.
Diet: Voracious, eats smaller fish of various kinds, but also lobsters, shrimps and clams.
Fishery: Caught mostly with hook and line. Commercial and recreational fishery.
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