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                                                 Dover Sole


 

Like the flounder, the Dover sole is a pancake-flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head, making it well adapted to living on the ocean bottom. Dover sole produces a protective slime that may spread to other fish when it’s caught in a net. It can grow to a maximum of 2.5 feet, or 76 cm. This fish is considered by it’s fans as the most elegant of all the world’s flat fish species.

Main Commercial Sources
 True Dover soles are found in the eastern North Atlantic (North Sea). A similar-looking, but totally different Dover Sole is found from the Bering Sea to Baja California in Mexico, but the inherent quality of this fish is no match for the North Sea animal!

Capture Methods
Dover sole come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with trawls. Additional types of fishing gear include handlines and traps.

 
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Last modified: 10/15/07