Roe or hard roe, is the fully ripe egg masses of fish and certain marine invertebrates. Roe or ROE may also refer to: Places Australia Electoral district of Roe, Western Australia Roe Botanical District or Mallee, a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia Roe Plains, Western Australia, a coastal plain Roe River (Western Australia) United Kingdom Roe Beck, Cumbria, England, also known as the River Roe in its lower reaches River Roe, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland United States Roe, Arkansas, a town Roe River, Montana Roes Spring, a stream in Georgia People Roe (surname) Roe (given name) ROE or RoE Return on equity or ROE, the rate of return for ownership interest of common stock owners Rules of engagement, the internal rules or directives among military forces Royal Observatory, Edinburgh or ROE, Scotland, UK Ring of Elysium or RoE, a 2018 battle royale video game developed by Tencent Games Rise of the Eldrazi or ROE, a Magic: The Gathering expansion Rubies of Eventide or ROE, a defunct massively multiplayer online role-playing game Military USS Roe (DD-24), a modified Paulding-class destroyer launched in 1909 USS Roe (DD-418), a Sims-class destroyer launched in 1939 Transport Roe (ship), two slave ships Roe Highway, a highway in the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Rotherhithe railway station, London, National Rail station code Other uses Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision on the issue of abortion "Roe", a season 5 episode of Boston Legal Charles H. Roe, a British coachbuilding company See also Pseudonyms for parties whose true identity is unknown or must be withheld in a legal matter: Jane Roe (pseudonym) Richard Roe (pseudonym) Roes, a townland in Inver, County Donegal, Ireland Rowe (disambiguation)