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Species Encountered by Type in 4,994 Derelict Nets Removed. Puget Sound Species encountered by type in 4,994 derelict nets removed. Puget Sound 2002 - August 31, 2014 *Puget Sound only; does not include Rivers/Lakes, Pacific Coast or British Columbia Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* Mammal California sea lion Zalophus californianus - 2 2 Sea Lion Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena - 5 5 Harbor Porpoise CS Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina 1 38 39 Harbor Seal mammal unid. - 1 1 marine mammal unid. Cetecea - 1 1 Marine Mammal river otter Lontra canadensis - 2 2 River Otter Mammal Total 1 49 50 Bird Alcidae Alcidae sp. - 1 1 Alcidae Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica - 1 1 Barrow's Goldeneye Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus - 174 174 Brandt's Cormorant CS Bufflehead Bucephala albeola - 2 2 Bufflehead Common Loon Gavia immer - 12 12 Common Loon SS Cormorant unid Phalacrocorax sp. - 141 141 Cormorant Cormorant unids Phalacrocoracidae sp. - 33 33 Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus - 7 7 Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias - 1 1 Great Blue Heron Grebe unid Aechmophorus sp. - 20 20 Grebe Grebes Podicipedidae - 2 2 Grebe Gull unid Larus sp. - 2 2 Gull Loon unid Gavia sp. - 5 5 Loon Merganser Mergus sp. - 1 1 Merganser Murre unid Uria sp. - 17 17 Murre Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica - 36 36 Pacific Loon Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus - 212 212 Pelagic Cormorant Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba - 3 3 Pigeon Guillemot Puffin unid Fratercula sp. - 1 1 Puffin SOC Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena - 21 21 Red-necked Grebe Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata - 31 31 Red-throated Loon Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* Scoter unid Melanitta sp. - 24 24 Scoters seabird unid. (blank) - 155 155 Seabirds Shorebird Unid (blank) - 1 1 Shorebirds Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata - 31 31 Surf Scoter Swans Cygnus - 1 1 Swans Waterbird Unid Anatidae sp. - 6 6 Waterbirds White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca - 15 15 White-winged_Scoter Bird Total - 956 956 Fish arrowtooth flounder Reinhardtius stomias - 2 2 arrowtooth flounder big skate Raja binoculata 8 2 10 Big Skate black rockfish Sebastes melanops 5 59 64 Black Rockfish SOC CS brown rockfish Sebastes auriculatus - 1 1 brown rockfish SOC CS buffalo sculpin Enophrys bison 4 63 67 Buffalo Sculpin cabezon Scorpaenichthys marmoratus 25 103 128 Cabezon canary rockfish Sebastes pinniger - 1 1 Canary Rockfish T cartilaginous fish unid. Chondrichthyes sp. - 32 32 Cartilaginous Fish China rockfish Sebastes nebulosus 1 - 1 China rockfish CS Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tschawytscha - 7 7 Chinook Salmon T CS chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta - 13 13 chum salmon copper rockfish Sebastes caurinus 14 20 34 Copper Rockfish SOC CS decorated warbonnet Chirolophis decoratus 40 - 40 Decorated Warbonnet English sole Parophrys vetulus 11 20 31 English Sole fish unid. (blank) 2 215 217 Fish flatfish unid. Pleuronectiformes 5 98 103 Flatfish great sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus 18 187 205 great sculpin greenling unid. Hexagrammos sp. 1 26 27 Greenling gunnels Apodichthys 1,434 14 1,448 gunnels Irish lord unid. Hemilepidotus sp. 1 32 33 Irish Lords kelp greenling Hexagrammos decagrammus 37 124 161 kelp greenling lingcod Ophiodon elongatus 21 292 313 lingcod longfin sculpin Jordania zonope 6 - 6 longfin sculpin longnose skate Raja rhina 1 - 1 longnose skate Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* northern ronquil Ronquilus jordani 2 1 3 northern ronquil northern spearnose poacher Agonopsis vulsa 1 - 1 northern spearnose poacher Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus 1 10 11 Pacific cod SOC CS Pacific herring Clupea pallasii - 1 1 Pacific herring Pacific sanddab Citharichthys sordidus 35 146 181 Pacific sanddab Pacific staghorn sculpin Gymnocanthus tricuspis 15 4 19 Pacific staghorn sculpin painted greenling Oxylebius pictus 3 - 3 painted greenling plainfin midshipman Porichthys notatus - 1 1 plainfin midshipman prickleback unid. Stichaeidae sp. 31 - 31 prickleback unid. Puget Sound rockfish Sebastes emphaeus 11 4 15 Puget Sound rockfish quillback rockfish Sebastes maliger 14 28 42 quillback rockfish SOC CS red Irish lord Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus 65 67 132 red Irish lord righteyed flounders Pleuronectidae 1 27 28 righteyed flounders rock sole Lepidopsetta bilineata 4 14 18 rock sole rockfish unid. Scorpaenidae sp. 26 50 76 rockfish Sebastes sp. 1 19 20 rockfish sailfin sculpin Nautichthys oculofasciatus 38 2 40 sailfin sculpin salmonid unid. Oncorhynchus sp. - 167 167 salmon scalyhead sculpin Artedius harringtoni 1 - 1 scalyhead sculpin sculpin unid. Cottidae sp. 32 19 51 sculpin sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus - 1 1 sixgill shark skates Rajiformes 36 4 40 skates slender sole Lyopsetta exilis - 3 3 slender sole sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka - 25 25 sockeye salmon soft sculpin Psychrolutes sigalutes 1 - 1 soft sculpin spiny dogfish shark Squalus acanthias 47 650 697 spiny dogfish shark spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei 23 220 243 spotted ratfish staghorn sculpin Leptocottus armatus 12 - 12 staghorn sculpin starry flounder Platichthys stellatus 63 155 218 starry flounder tidepool sculpin Oligocottus maculosus - 1 1 tidepool sculpin white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus - 1 1 sturgeon SOC wolf eel Anarrhichthys felis - 1 1 wolf eel Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus 1 2 3 yellowtail rockfish CS Fish Total 2,098 2,934 5,032 Invertebrate basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis 5 - 5 basket star bat star Asterina miniata 5 - 5 bat star beatic dwarf olive Olivella baetica - 3 3 beatic dwarf olive bent nose macoma Macoma nasuta 28 35 63 bent nose macoma black katy chiton Katharina tunicata 6 - 6 black katy chiton black-clawed crab Lophopanopeus bellus bellus 2,215 7 2,222 black-clawed crab black-eyed hermit Pagurus armatus 45 1 46 black-eyed hermit blood star Henricia leviuscula 5,968 88 6,056 blood star blood worm Glycera americana 58 - 58 blood worm blue mussel Mytilus trossulus 2,123 631 2,754 blue mussel blue topsnail Calliostoma ligatum 1,782 167 1,949 blue topsnail blunt gaper Mya truncata 14 69 83 blunt gaper bread crumb sponge Halichondria sp. 15 - 15 bread crumb sponge brittle star unid. 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Paguridae sp. 71 - 71 hermit crab horse clam Tresus sp. 251 2,242 2,493 horse clam horsehair crab Erimacrus isenbeckii 2 - 2 horsehair crab horseshoe ascadian Chelyosoma productum 5,964 - 5,964 horseshoe ascadian hudson's dorid Acanthodoris hudsoni 11 - 11 hudson's dorid humpback shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus 61 6 67 humpback shrimp kelp isopods isopoda 7 - 7 kelp isopods Kennerley venus Humilaria kennerleyi 129 2,010 2,139 Kennerley
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