Oa. Bergstad et A. Folkvord, DISPERSAL OF TAGGED JUVENILE TURBOT SCOPHTHALMUS-MAXIMUS ON THE NORWEGIAN SKAGERRAK COAST, Fisheries research, 29(3), 1997, pp. 211-215
In the autumn of 1992 and spring 1993, 1076 artificially hatched and r
eared turbot Scophthalmus maximus of total length 15-25 cm were tagged
and liberated at four locations on the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. In
the 3 years after the release, 2% of the turbot were reported recaptur
ed, mostly from the summer recreational gill-net fisheries. Recaptures
were made at coastal sites within a range of about 50 km from the rel
ease locations. No reports came from the open Skagerrak or the North S
ea. The recapture rate appeared to be positively correlated with size
at release, but the individual growth in length was low compared with
growth rates reported from other areas. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.