Atlantic halibut information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). The American Fisheries Society has classified the species as "Vulnerable". In 2010, Greenpeace International added the Atlantic halibut to its seafood red list of "fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries." Atlantic halibut The Atlantic halibut ("Hippoglossus hippoglossus") is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. They are demersal fish living on or near sand, gravel or clay bottoms at depths of between . The halibut is
Permit (fish) Permit (fish) The permit ("Trachinotus falcatus") is a game fish of the western Atlantic Ocean belonging to the family Carangidae. Adults feed on crabs, shrimp, and smaller fish. The permit was first described by the "father of taxonomy", Carl Linnaeus in his tenth edition of the work "Systema Naturae", which was published in 1758. He originally classified it as "Labrus falcatus", though the fish has since been placed in the genus "Trachinotus". The permit's genus name, "Trachinotus" comes from a fusion of the Greek words ' (), which means "rough", and ' (), meaning "back". The species name for the