Recent endangered fish...Help?

Question

Right now,I am doing an assignment about endangered species, and i decided to pick fish for my animal. The only problem is, i dont know which fish is in danger right now. I would be greatly appreciate if you can give me 1 or 2 or a list of common fish that is in danger right now. thanks so much!

Answer 1

Many game fish are becoming endangered. One of the problems is that commercial fisherman are being given a disproportionate amount of the catch every year. Redfish (Red Drum) have just been protected while many species have been severely restricted due to dwindling stocks.

Answer 2

The beluga sturgeon found in the caspian sea. and the chinese paddlefish are two examples

Answer 3

The Santa Ana Sucker is threatened:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_s...

http://ecoregion.ucr.edu/full.asp?sp_num...

Here is a listing of other endangered and threatened fish:

http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/SpeciesR...

Answer 4

I know that Sawfish is first sea fish on the US endagered list. The Humphead wrasse, Napoleon wrasse, Napoleon fish is another endanger fish(all these names are for the same fish).

Answer 5

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endan...

Those are a whole bunch that animal planet rank.

Answer 6

best thing would be to type in your state/province/country whichever applies ie Ontario endangered species go to the fish link and pick a local fish that people can relate to and do your assignment.