4RST witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)

Spawning in the Gulf is believed to The Fishery occur in deep water in late spring or early summer. [...] The quota for 4RST witch flounder In the late 1970s and early 1980s, 50% of females reached maturity at lengths of 40-45 cm (9-14 years of age) and 50% of males matured was 1000 t in 1995. [...] Most of during the summertime, with offshore, winter catches of witch the 14 closures affecting flatfish fisheries in 1995 were gaining in importance as bycatch in cod- and redfish-directed caused by excessive bycatch of cod. [...] The witch fishery expanded in the Gulf from St. [...] George’s witch fishery was delayed by cod bycatches and the Bay during the 1970s to the Esquiman Channel and the northern shores of Cape Breton Island.