Micromesistius poutassou

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Vulnerability
Not Assessed Species’ vulnerability not assesed

Information

Found over the continental slope and shelf to more than 1000 m, but more common at 300-400 m. Feeds mostly on small crustaceans but large individuals also prey on small fish and cephalopods. Makes daily vertical migrations: surface waters at night and near the bottom during the day. It is marketed fresh and frozen, but a large part of the catch is processed industrially as oil and fishmeal, due to difficulties encountered in the conservation of the flesh, and to the high demand for fishmeal in the eastern European countries.

Localization

North Atlantic from the Barents Sea south through the eastern Norwegian Sea, around Iceland, through the eastern Atlantic, in the western Mediterranean, and south along the African coast to Cape Bojador. Also taken around southern Greenland and occasionally off southeast Canada and the northeastern coast of the USA

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Environment

Marine

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