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		Pleuronichthys 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 decagrammus
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 brevispinis
Quillback rockfish		Sebastes maliger
Yellowtail rockfish		Sebastes flavidus
All other species of rockfish		(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 marmoratus
Great sculpin		Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
Pacific Staghorn sculpin		Leptocottus armatus
Red Irish lord		Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
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 Pacific spiny dogfish		Squalus suckleyi
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 seaperch		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

[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, and 77.04.055. WSR 20-04-058 (Order 20-19), § 220-300-370, filed 1/30/20, effective 7/1/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-05-112 (Order 17-04), recodified as § 220-300-370, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-01-085 (Order 16-322), § 220-12-010, filed 12/16/16, effective 1/16/17. 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. WSR 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. WSR 98-06-031, § 220-12-010, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. WSR 95-17-062 (Order 95-102), § 220-12-010, filed 8/15/95, effective 9/15/95; WSR 89-14-010 (Order 89-48), § 220-12-010, filed 6/22/89; WSR 83-24-024 (Order 83-200), § 220-12-010, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 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.]

PDFWAC 220-300-370

Food fish—Classification.