Some factors affecting stocks and landings of American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides F.) in the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Little information has been published regarding the American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides platessoides (Fabricius), a subarctic species which is distributed from Cape Cod to Labrador. In recent years plaice has risen rapidy in commercial importance in eastern Canada. In 1940 only 3 million l...

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Main Author: Powles, Percival Mount.
Other Authors: Dunbar, M. (Supervisor)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: McGill University 1964
Subjects:
Zoology
Plaice
Fish populations > Saint Lawrence
Gulf of
Canada
Subarctic
Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116615
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Summary:Little information has been published regarding the American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides platessoides (Fabricius), a subarctic species which is distributed from Cape Cod to Labrador. In recent years plaice has risen rapidy in commercial importance in eastern Canada. In 1940 only 3 million lb were landed compared to a total of more than 74 million lb in 1960. American plaice in 1961 made up 64 per cent by weight of the total Canadian flounder landings, excluding halibut. [.]

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