Marine Approved
Any Species in NEFMC Groundfish Complex (Gulf of Maine or Georges Bank)
Atlantic Cod (US East Coast & Canada East Coast)
Atlantic Herring (US East Coast & Canada East Coast)
Balao ; must be frozen (Florida/FAO 31)
Ballyhoo ; must be frozen (Florida/FAO 31)
Blackbelly Rosefish must be frozen (Uruguay)
Croaker (US East Coast)
Halibut (Atlantic & Pacific Ocean)
Gulf Menhaden ; must be frozen (Gulf of Mexico)
Jamaican Weakfish ; wild caught, frozen, racks only (Suriname)
King Weakfish ; wild caught, frozen, racks only (Suriname)
Kinky, aka rockfish, long/short spinyhead, idiotfish ; must be frozen (US West Coast & Canada West Coast)
Lingcod (Atlantic & Pacific Ocean)
Mackerel ; must be frozen if from China (US East Coast, Japan, Portugal and China)
Mullet (US & Canada)
Orange Roughy (Australia & New Zealand)
Menhaden, aka pogie, bunker (US East Coast)
Patagonian toothfish, must be frozen (Australia and Argentina)
Pollock (Atlantic Ocean only)
Redfish (N. Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean)
Red Alphonsino (NE Atlantic Ocean)
Roundnose Grenadier (NE Atlantic Ocean)
River herring, aka alewife, blueback herring (Maine)
Rockfish ; must be frozen (US West Coast & Canada West Coast)
Sablefish (Alaska & Western Canada)
Skate (US Northeast Coast)
Shad (Maine)
Sole (US West Coast)
Southern Kingfish ;wild caught, frozen, racks only (Suriname)
Tuna (North Pacific Ocean)
Any species that was legally caught in Maine coastal waters, except as otherwise prohibited in regulation
Herring is just one of a multitude of baits approved by the DMR for use in the lobster fishery. Photo courtesy of Ellsworth American.
Freshwater Approved
Carp (Maine)
Pickerel (Central Canada)
Suckerfish (Maine, Canadian provinces of Manitoba & Saskatchewan
Any freshwater species that was legally harvested in Maine
Marine Prohibited
Any salmonid fish species (prohibited pursuant to DMR Chapter 24.23)
Alphonsino (New Zealand) - Exotic pathogens
Atka Mackerel (North Pacific Ocean, Alaska) - Exotic pathogens
Bonito Panama (West Coast) - Exotic pathogens
Cobia (South Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea) - Unknown pathogen status
Cod (US West Coast & Canada West Coast)- Possibility of exotic agent
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus - Exotic pathogens
Flatfish (Pacific Ocean) - Possibility of exotic agent
Hake (US West Coast) - Exotic pathogens
Horseshoe Crab (Asia) - Possibility of invasives
Monkfish (FAO Major Fishing Area 27) - Exotic pathogens
Pacific Herring (Pacific Ocean) - Exotic pathogens
Pacific Sardine or South American Pilchard (US West Coast & Canada West Coast) - Exotic pathogens
Plaice (Netherlands, France, Germany) - Exotic pathogens
Pollock (Pacific Ocean) - Exotic pathogens
Red Gurnard (Netherlands, France, Germany) - Exotic pathogens
Snapper (Panama West Coast) - Exotic pathogens
Tilapia (Panama West Coast) - Exotic pathogens
Yellow Goosefish (FAO Major Fishing Area 61) - Exotic pathogens
Freshwater Prohibited
All Carp, including Asian Carp, grass carp, common carp, Amur carp, silver carp, largescale silver carp, bighead carp, black carp, goldfish, crucian carp, mud carp (Asia, US caught outside of Maine & Canada) – exotic pathogens. NOTE: Carp caught in Maine ARE approved.
Catfish (Asia) – Exotic pathogens
Mudshad (Central US & Virginia) - Unknown pathogen status
Sheepshead or Freshwater Drum (US & Canada) - Exotic pathogens
Farmed or Wild Tilapia (Africa, Asia, Florida, Latin America and Vietnam) – Exotic pathogens
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