Flatfish

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Flatfish

Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Fish

Description

Example species: Sole

Habitat: Demersal
Main role: Predator
Trophic level: 4

Diet: The main preys are polychaetes and meiofauna, but large specimens also eat small fish such as gobies and dragonets.

Threats: Highly commercial. Sole is mainly caught in the southern North Sea and off the Danish coast. In the English fishery, the high value of sole makes it one of the most important species targeted by inshore vessels using trawls and fixed nets. Sole is also taken as a target and by-catch species by offshore beam- and otter-trawlers and gillnetters.

MSP Challenge

The flatfish group includes the following species: witch, long-rough dab, flounder, lemon sole, turbot, brill, megrim, halibut, sole, plaice and dab.

Flatfish is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE).

Different pressures generate by human activities (noise, bottom disturbance, surface disturbance, artificial substrate) have different, complex effects on marine species in terms of movement, survival and procreation.

Flatfish are caught by all fishing fleets, but mostly by industrial and pelagic trawl.

Types

• Very Low Density
• Low Density
• Medium Density
• High Density
• Very High Density

Metadata

Data Source

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Original Title

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Description

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Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd North Sea

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

Types

Baltic Sea types here

Metadata

Data Source

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Original Title

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Description

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Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Baltic Sea

Methodology

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Types

• Extremely Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Extra High

Metadata

Data Source

Enter data source for Clyde Marine Region here.

Original Title

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Description

Enter the description of the Clyde Marine Region dataset here.

Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Clyde Marine Region

Methodology

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Types

Adriatic Sea types here

Metadata

Data Source

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Original Title

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Description

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Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Adriatic Sea

Methodology

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Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition.