Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added the common names for the following fish species within the CFIA Fish List:
Scientific name – English/ French common name
Apostichopus californicus – California sea cucumber / Holothurie de Californie
Dipturus laevis – Barndoor skate / Grande raie
Epinephelus diacanthus – Spinycheek grouper / Mérou épineux
Hyporthodus flavolimbatus – Yellowedge grouper / Mérou aile jaune
Leukoma staminea – Pacific littleneck clam / Palourde du Pacifique
Lutjanus bohar – Twin-spot red snapper / Vivaneau chien rouge
Macrourus berglax – Roughhead grenadier / Grenadier berglax
Pagrus auratus – Silver seabream / Dorade
Pandalus danae – Dock shrimp / Crevette des quais
Scortum barcoo –Barcoo grunter/ Omega bar
Sebastes melanostictus – Blackspotted rockfish / Sébaste
Sebastes mystinus – Blue rockfish / Sébaste bleu
Sebastes serranoides – Olive rockfish / Sébaste
All requests are processed in accordance with the Guidance on Determining the Common Names for Fish Sold or Processed in Canada.