Inland Fisheries

1.3.1. Freshwater fishery regions and their major fish species composition

In the 21^st century, the most popular in North America and Europe include carp (Cyprinus carpio), channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus and Pomoxis annularis), eel (Anguilla anguilla and A. Japonica), lake herring (Coregonus artedi), mullet (Mugil spp), muskellunge or musky (Esox masquinongy ) , yellow perch (Perca flavescens), yellow pike / pickerel / walleye (Stizostedion vitreum), salmon (Salmo sp), suckers (Family: Catostomidae), sunfish (Lepomis spp), tilapia (Oreochromis spp), trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), and whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). In Asia, carp (Cyprinus carpio), ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis), and eel are important freshwater food fish. In Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan, milkfish (Chanos chanos) have been used for food for centuries.