further restricted to 750 t and expanded to include the 4VWX5Z NAFO areas in 2003. Cusk are still commonly caught as bycatch in the longline and lobster fisheries and can be found in supermarkets in Atlantic Canada despite its threatened status. A study that was conducted in the Gulf of Maine region showed that the conservation status of cusk was partly dependent on future greenhouse gas emissions. Higher emissions showed greater habitat reduction, as much as 80% by the end of the century. Cusk is a US National Marine Fisheries Service species of concern, which are those species about which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the Endangered Species Act. On March 9, 2007 the National Marine Fisheries Service announced the initiation of a status review to determine whether the species warrants listing under the act.<ref name=NMFS>NMFS. Endangered and Threatened Species; Initiation of a Status Review under the Endangered Species Act for Cusk.Federal Register;; v72, (March 9, 2007), 10710-10711.</ref> References Further reading E. C. Raney "Cusk." The Wise Fishermen's Encyclopedia'' (1951) Lotidae Commercial fish Marine fish of Europe Fauna of Atlantic Canada Fish of the North Sea Fish of the North Atlantic Taxa named by Peter Ascanius Fish described in 1772