American plaice
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Speciesbox The American plaice, American sole or long rough dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides) is a North Atlantic flatfish that belongs, along with other right-eyed flounders, to the family Pleuronectidae. In the northwest Atlantic (H. p. platessoides) it ranges from Greenland and Labrador to Rhode Island, and in the northeast Atlantic (H. p. limandoides) it ranges from Murmansk to the English Channel, Ireland and Iceland,[1][2] rarely finding itself in the Baltic Sea.[3] They live on soft bottoms at depths of Script error: No such module "convert"., but mainly between Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
In the Gulf of Maine spawning peaks in April and May. They grow to a maximum length of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4] The species is considered by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization to be overfished, with no signs of recovery.[5] Canadian officials dispute this, claiming the population is under less than 20% risk of extinction in the next 80 years however, it remains under the moratorium established in 1993.[6][7] A 1997 study reports that plaice are endangered in Canada due to overfishing.[8] In its European range, the species is generally common and not actively sought by fishers, but it is often part of the bycatch.[2]
American plaice may be an intermediate host for the nematode parasite Otostrongylus circumlitis, which is a lungworm of seals, primarily affecting animals less than 1 year of age.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- ↑ a b Muus, B., J. G. Nielsen, P. Dahlstrom and B. Nystrom (1999). Sea Fish. pp. 260–261. Template:ISBN
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- ↑ [1] Template:Webarchive Dery, L.M. "American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides." Fishery Biology Program, Woods Hole Massachusetts Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC).retrieved January 18, 2007
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Fishery Recent Assessment (2005 and 2006). Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. Retrieved January 18, 2007
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". American Plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides), Newfoundland and Labrador population, April 2009, Government of Canada
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". 3Ps Groundfish and Iceland Scallop (Core Area) Newfoundland and Labrador (2022-23), April 5 2022, Government of Canada
- ↑ Bergeron et al. 1997. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1364–1371.
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