Atlantic halibut large flatfishes, including Pacific halibut, "Hippoglossus stenolepis". Due to its popularity as a food fish, Atlantic halibut has attracted investment in fish farming. As of 2006, five countries - Canada, Norway, the UK, Iceland and Chile - were engaged in some form of Atlantic halibut aquaculture production. In 1996, the IUCN rated it as Endangered and placed it on its Red List. The Atlantic halibut is a US National Marine Fisheries Service Species of Concern, one of those species about which the U.S. Government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient
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