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• n  flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
• n  lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
• n  porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
• n  found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish

• porgy
• southern porgy
• southern scup
• Stenotomus aculeatus
• northern porgy
• northern scup
• Stenotomus chrysops

News & Articles

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• RWU research will investigate mercury levels in scup
  Researchers at Roger Williams University have been awarded a $12,166 grant to investigate levels of mercury in scup, a native Atlantic Ocean fish that is commonly caught and eaten in Rhode Island, the university announced Monday.
  June 11, 2013 - Providence Business News

Quotes

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• Sheldon Whitehouse in Environment News Service
  As the waters of Narragansett Bay grow warmer, cold-water fish species with high commercial value, like winter flounder, have been replaced by warmer-water species, like scup, whose value to our fishermen is lower,Whitehouse said. "Melting...