crazy fred Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 monday morning 12lb hallibut landed by comercial netter in poole it was a fine looking fish caught south of swanage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 2 in 2 months, not bad, maybe we can start targeting the halibut in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 i would of thought with global warming and average higher temps, hallibut would be heading even further north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 I think I read somewhere that there were two types of halibut. One the very large ones we normaly think off. These are found in northern deep cold waters. But there is a smaller halibut that is caught off the east coast of America and Newfoundland more or less on the same latitude as the UK. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 The large Halibut are Pacific Halibut - ( Hippoglossus stenolepis ) The ones caught here are Atlantic Halibut - ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus ) - although according to Fishbase they too can grow large. ( Oh the wonders of Google and Wilkipedia BTW: I presume this one is a Pacific one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueboatdriver Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I've seen them that size on the scottish fish markets Paul. They call them 'barn doors' up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I assume those are it's breeding colours! Terry B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I take it the dull colour one is the female..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueboatdriver Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 It's amazing how low a fisherman will stoop after a few days at sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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