Maturity studies for Pleuronectes platessa
n = 43
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- 2.0 - 3.0 2.50 male Europe
- 2.0 - 5.0 3.00 unsexed western Channel
24.0 - 4.0 - unsexed North Sea
- - 2.85 unsexed Western Channel (VIIe)
- - 3.00 unsexed Irish Sea (VIIa)
- - 2.49 unsexed North Sea (IV)
- 3.0 - 7.0 5.00 mixed Norway Norwegian waters
30.0 - 3.0 - unsexed UK Celtic Sea
- 3.0 - 4.0 3.50 female Europe
- 4.0 - 5.0 4.50 female Southern Bight, 1943-1944
- 2.0 - 3.0 2.50 unsexed Baltic Sea
- - 2.85 unsexed Celtic Sea (VIIf,g)
- - 2.86 unsexed Eastern Channel (VIId)
33.0 - 4.0 - unsexed North Sea,
17.0 TL - 17.3 - mixed Kattegat, Belt and Sounds (ple-2123)
17.0 - - mixed Kattegat, Belt and Sounds (Subdivisions 21-23), 2007-2011
20.0 - - mixed Baltic Sea (Subdivisions 24-32), 2007-2011
20.0 TL - 23.4 - unsexed Baltic Sea, sub-divisions 24-32
21.9 TL 15.0 - 30.0 1.0 - 3.0 2.00 male Southern Bight, German Bight, Flamborough, 1985-1986
22.0 18.0 - 26.0 2.0 - 4.0 3.00 male North Sea, Kattegat and western Baltic
22.1 - - 2.90 mixed North Sea (Sub-area IV), 2000-2011
22.1 TL - 28.3 - 2.90 mixed North Sea, Sub-area IV
24.7 TL - - 1.89 female UK Engld Wal Anglesey, North Wales, 1981-83
25.0 TL - - male France East and West Channel
25.0 - - male North Sea
25.1 TL - - 1.76 female UK Engld Wal Anglesey, North Wales, 1985-86
26.2 TL - - unsexed Ireland Irish Sea
26.6 TL - - 2.50 unsexed UK North Sea, 1975-94
26.9 TL - - 3.07 female UK Engld Wal Anglesey, North Wales, 1977-79
28.0 - - female North Sea
28.1 TL - - female UK Engld Wal Anglesey, North Wales, 1970-75
28.8 TL - - 3.00 unsexed UK Celtic Sea, 1975-94
30.0 TL - - male France Gulf of Biscay
31.0 TL 29.0 - 31.0 - unsexed North Sea, 1960-1995
32.0 TL 31.0 - 33.0 - female France East and West Channel
32.5 30.0 - 35.0 3.0 - 6.0 4.50 female North Sea, Kattegat and western Baltic
33.5 32.0 - 35.0 5.0 - 6.0 5.50 female Southern Bight, 1900's
33.9 TL 24.0 - 37.0 3.0 - 4.0 3.50 female Southern Bight, German Bight, Flamborough, 1985-1986
34.5 TL 32.0 - 37.0 5.0 - 6.0 5.50 male Dogger Bank region, 1900's
39.0 TL 38.0 - 40.0 - 4.00 female France northwest coast of Brittany
40.0 TL - - female France Gulf of Biscay
40.0 TL - - 3.00 female France Douarnenez Bay, Brittany
41.0 TL 40.0 - 42.0 6.0 - 7.0 6.50 female Dogger Bank region, 1900's
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