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Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Shortfin Squid Illex illecebrosus Also Known As Illex squid, Summer squid	Species Category Invertebrates Squid Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image ,	Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Endangered CITES Appendix I	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Silver Hake Merluccius bilinearis Also Known As Whiting, Atlantic hake, New England hake	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Sugar Kelp Saccharina latissima Also Known As Sea belt, Devil's apron	Species Category Other Farmed Seafood Seaweed		Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus Also Known As Flounder, Fluke, Northern fluke, Hirame	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus Also Known As Tuna, Bluefin tuna, Toro, Maguro, Giant bluefin, Northern bluefin tuna	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	White Hake Urophycis tenuis Also Known As Mud hake, Boston hake	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	White Shark Carcharodon carcharias Also Known As Great white, Great white shark, White pointer	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks	---	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	White Shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus Also Known As Northern white shrimp, Gray shrimp, Lake shrimp, Green shrimp, Common shrimp, Daytona shrimp, Southern shrimp	Species Category Invertebrates Shrimp Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	White-Beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Windowpane Flounder Scophthalmus aquosus Also Known As Sand dab	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus Also Known As Flounder, Sole, Lemon sole, Georges Bank flounder, Blackback flounder	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Winter Skate Leucoraja ocellata Also Known As Skate, Big skate, Spotted skate, Eyed skate	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Witch Flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Also Known As Grey sole	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Wreckfish Polyprion americanus Also Known As Sea bass, Stone bass	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Yellowtail Flounder Limanda ferruginea Also Known As Flounder, Rusty dab	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic