|
|
Article: Yellowfin sole, Pleuronectes asper, of the Bering Sea: biological characteristics, history of exploitation, and management.
- Article from:
- Marine Fisheries Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1992
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 U.S. Department of Commerce. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Introduction
Yellowfin sole, Pleuronectes asper, of the family Pleuronectidae (Fig. 1), is the second most abundant flatfish in the North Pacific Ocean and is the most abundant species of groundfish in the eastern Bering Sea after walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma. Yellowfin sole inhabits continental shelf waters of the North Pacific Ocean from off British Columbia, Can., (about lat. 49[degrees]N) to the Chukchi Sea (about lat. 70[degrees]N) in North American waters, and south along the Asian coast to about lat. 35[degrees]N off the South Korean coast in the Sea of Japan (Fig. 2). It is by far most abundant in the eastern Bering Sea, where current biomass ...
<0[degrees]-3[degrees]C). Flushing in the central domain is extremely slow, taking>