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Lemon sole
Western English Channel
Profile updated on 5 November 2016
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Microstomus kitt
SPECIES NAME(s)
Lemon sole
COMMON NAMES
lemon sole, lemon dab, Mary sole, Merry sole, smear dab, sweet fluke, sand fluke, sole fluke, sand sole, tobacco fluke
Lemon sole are a commercially important catch component of multispecies fisheries in the Western English Channel. While stock identification data is limited for lemon sole (ICES 2010), a Jennings et al. (1993) study indicated that the population in the Western English Channel was spatially and temporally distinct enough to merit treatment as a separate management unit.
ANALYSIS
SCORES
Management Quality:
< 6
≥ 6
≥ 6
