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			<title><![CDATA[Acadian Rockfish]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 15:19:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[African Pompano]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The African pompano (Alectis ciliaris), also known as the pennant-fish or threadfin trevally, is a widely distributed species of tropical marine fish in the jack family, Carangidae. The species is found in tropical waters worldwide, with adults often inhabiting coastlines, while juveniles are usually pelagic, floating with ocean currents. The adult African pompano is similar in appearance to the other members of the genus Alectis, with the concave shape of the head near the eyes; the clearest distinguishing feature. The juveniles are similar to other members of Alectis, having long, filamentous dorsal and anal fin tips which are thought to discourage predators. The species lives in depths less than 100 m, consuming a range of crustaceans and small fishes. The species is of minor economic importance, often taken amongst other tropical midwater fishes by hook and line, while juveniles are occasionally caught in beach seines. African pompano are also highly rated game fish, often consid]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alaska Plaice]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:40:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alaska Pollock]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/1644227]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 21:09:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alewife]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/2220426]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 18:17:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alligator Gar]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Alligator Gar is a large freshwater fish found in North America. It is one of the largest freshwater fishes in North America. The world record for hook and line is 279 pounds and came from the Rio Grande River, Texas on December 2, 1951. The largest ever caught in a net was 8 feet long and weighed 327 pounds. The body of the alligator gar is long, cylindrical and covered with thick, diamond-shaped scales that are olive-green or brown in color. Its head is long and broad with a broad, rounded snout filled with large, sharp teeth that resemble those of an alligator. This is where it gets its name from. The alligator gar has a powerful tail that it uses to move through the water and can swim at speeds of up to 25 mph (40 kph). The alligator gar is a predatory fish that feeds on a variety of aquatic animals such as fish, turtles, and waterfowl. They typically spawn in shallow, slow-moving waters such as backwaters, swamps, and bayous during the spring months when water temperatures r]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 04:37:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Almaco Jack]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Almaco jack is a game fish of the family Carangidae; they are in the same family as yellowtail and amberjack. They feed, both day and night, on other, smaller, fish, such as baitfish and small squid. The flesh is thick and dense like tuna and can easily pass for white albacore if prepared as sushi. The Almaco jack has a less elongated, more flattened body than most jack species. Their dorsal fin and anal fins are elongated, and their outer edges have a definite sickle shape. The first rays of the Almaco dorsal fin's longest parts are nearly twice as long as the dorsal spines, also different from other jacks. Almaco jacks are generally dusky-colored with faint amber or olive stripes down their sides. Their upper bodies and lower fins are usually dark brown or dark blue-green. The belly is much lighter and appears brassy or lavender. The nuchal bar and most of the fins is dark on adults. Exceptions are the pelvic fins which are white on the ventral sides. The Almaco jack ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:22:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[American Plaice]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 14:42:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[American Shad]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The American shad  is a species of anadromous fish distributed from southern Labrador to northern Florida. American shad are in family Clupeidae of order Clupeiformes. They are not closely related to the other North American shads. Rather, it seems to form a lineage that diverged from a common ancestor of the European taxa before these diversified. This is a silvery fish with a single dorsal fin in the middle of the back. There is a large black spot directly behind the top of the gill cover, followed by 4 to 27 spots, which are generally smaller than the first. Sometimes there may be a second row of spots below the first, and more rarely, a third row below the second. They closely resemble the hickory shad, Alosa mediocris. The most important physical distinction is in the lower jaw. In the American shad this jaw fits easily into a deep notch under the upper jaw, whereas, in the hickory shad the lower jaw protrudes noticeably beyond the upper jaw. Also, the American shad ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:08:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anchovy]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/1653518]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:15:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Char]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Arctic char is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. It breeds in fresh water, and populations can either be landlocked or anadromous, migrating to the sea. No other freshwater fish is found as far north; it is, for instance, the only fish species in Lake Hazen on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. It is one of the rarest fish species in Britain, found only in deep, cold, glacial lakes. In other parts of its range, such as Scandinavia, it is much more common, and is fished extensively. It is also common in the Alps, (particularly in Trentino and the mountainous part of Lombardy), where it can be found in lakes up to an altitude of 2,600 m (8,500 ft) above sea level, and in Iceland. In Siberia, it is known as golets and it has been introduced in lakes where it sometimes threatens less hardy endemic species, such as the small-mouth char and the long-finned char in Elgygytgyn Lake. The Arctic char is closely re]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 18:32:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arrowtooth Flounder]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/1653488]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:40:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atka Mackerel]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:50:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Bumper]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/2301233]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:09:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Cod]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of demersal fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and there are species suggested to belong to genus Gadus that are not called cod (the Alaska pollock). The two most important species of cod are the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), which lives in the colder waters and deeper sea regions throughout the North Atlantic, and the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), found in both eastern and western regions of the northern Pacific. Gadus morhua was named by Linnaeus in 1758. (However, G. morhua callarias, a low-salinity, non-migratory race restricted to parts of the Baltic, was originally described as Gadus callarias by Linnaeus.) Cod is popular as a food with a mild flavour and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA). Young Atlantic cod or h]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:03:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Croaker]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Atlantic croaker are about 12 inches (30 cm) long and weigh 1/2 to 2 pounds (226 g to 0.9 kg) on average. Its distinguishing characteristics include three to five pairs of small barbels or "whiskers" on their chins to help them feel for food on the sea floor; a lateral line that extends to the tip of its caudal (tail) fin; inferior mouth (located to the bottom of the head facing the ground), and brown vertical stripes on its sides. Adults are silver with a pinkish cast, while young are silvery and iridescent. Older fish are brassy in color with vertical brown streaks formed by spots that are on their scales. The Atlantic croaker is a very important commercial fish. Millions of pounds are caught and sold every year in the United States and exported to other countries. The annual catch of croaker has declined in the past few years, probably due to over fishing. The best times for fishing for Atlantic croaker are from summer into the fall. They are easily caught on b]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Halibut]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/1644163]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:40:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Herring]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/1516188]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Mackerel]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/1514260]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), also known as Boston mackerel, Norwegian mackerel, Scottish mackerel, is a species of mackerel found in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the northern Atlantic Ocean, where it is extremely common and occurs in huge schools in the pelagic zone down to about 200 m (660 ft). It spends the warmer months close to shore and near the ocean surface, appearing along the coast in spring and departing with the arrival of colder weather in the fall and winter months. During the fall and winter, it migrates out into deeper and more southern water, seeking warmer temperatures. Atlantic mackerel are iridescent blue green on the back with a silvery white underbelly. They have 20 to 30 wavy black bars that run across the top half of their body, and a narrow dark streak that runs below these bars along each side. Their body is spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends. Their two large dorsal fins are gray or dusky. The pectoral f]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 20:25:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Menhaden]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://fishingstatus.com/fishing/species/fish/indexId/1516142]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Clupeidae. Atlantic menhaden are found in the North Atlantic coastal and estuarine waters from Nova Scotia south to northern Florida. They are commonly found in all salinities of the Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic water. They swim in large schools that stratify by size and age along the coast. For the most part menhadens can be found at a depth of up to -20m. Brevoortia tyrannus can be described as a silvery in color. However, the sides of it differ from the silver color and range closer to a brassy color. Menhadens have dark bluish green backs. They are usually characterized by a small, irregularly placed scales on their backs, above their anal fins. They are also characterized by a black spot that is usually behind their gill openings. Following this larger black spot are approximately six lines of smaller spots. They have inner and outer finrays and a pelvic fin with rounded h]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:24:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Atlantic Pomfret]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Atlantic pomfret or Ray's bream (after naturalist, John Ray), Brama brama, is a pomfret of the family Bramidae, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific Oceans, at depths down to 3,000 feet. Its length is between 15 and 40 inches.  Opportunistic feeder on small fishes, cephalopods, amphipods, and euphausiids. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 22:51:38 GMT</pubDate>
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