This species is a documented man-eater and has been recorded at 27 feet!
What is the Great White Shark (Characodon carcharias) ?
100
Oncorynchus tsawytcha
What is the scientific name for the "King Salmon"?
100
The many species of Rockfish are often generically labelled as this on seafood menus and in grocery stores.
What is Red Snapper?
100
This crab can have a leg span of over 8 feet!
What is the "Japanese Crab?"
200
How to eat a raw oyster
What is "Shucking and Shooting?"
200
The scientific name for this little shark is "Squalus acanthias"
What is the Spiny Dogfish?
200
The common name for this salmon is related to the hump commonly developed by the males during spawing.
What is a "Humpy" or Pink (O. gorbuscha) salmon?
200
Rockfish are characterized by these large fins, built for hovering, which are attached near the fish's "shoulders."
What are the "Pectoral fins"?
200
These fish inhabit the deep sea benthos and often are equipped with lure-like structures to attract prey item close enough to "gape and suck."
What are "Angler Fish?"
300
The "King of the Clams"
What is a geoduck? (pronounce "gooey duck")
300
This local shark is named for its favorite food and looks similar to a Great White in shape, but smaller.
What is a Salmon Shark?
300
The common name for this salmon, also known a "sockeye" is derived from the vivid color it turns during spawning.
What is "Red Salmon" (O. nerka)
300
This environment is mostly where rockfish are found.
What is rocky structure on the bottom?
300
This flatfsh is equipped with a spine which was said to be the cause of Steve Irwin's ("the Crocodile Hunter's") death.
What is a Stingray?
400
The correct name for a steamer clam
What is Manilla Clam or Japanese Littleneck?
400
This shark is the largest fish in the world.
What is the Whale Shark?
400
This salmon is commonly named for the big teeth males develop as a territorial display during spawing. Inupiat Eskimo's have been known to feed this specie to the dogs, saving more succulent species for human consumption.
What is a Chum or "dog" salmon?
400
This large, delicious-tasting "cod" is actually not a member of the cod family at all.
What is a lingcod?
400
This local fish, often dip netted by sport fisherman, is "catadromous," exactly the opposite of salmon (who are anadromous), spawning is salt water and living in fresh water rivers.
What are smelt?
500
This bivalve's scientific name (Clinocardium nuttalli) is derived from the heart shape of this common shellfish.
What is the "Heart Cockle"
500
Sharks have this material instead of a bony skeleton.
What is cartilage?
500
The scientific name for the family all Pacific salmon belong to, which translates as "Hooked nose"
What is "Oncorhyncus?"
500
This adaption in many rockfish discourages larger predators from attacking it.
What are sharp spines in the dorsal fin?
500
The only species of Oncorhynchus that does not always die after it spawns.