American Plaice | 水產百科網

AmericanplaiceisaspeciesofflounderthatisfoundinrelativelydeepwaterfromsouthernLabradorontheeasterncoastofCanadatoRhodeIsland.

American plaice are relatively sedentary. They are distributed throughout the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, and they can also be found in bays and estuaries in Maine and Massachusetts.

American plaice live on the ocean bottom in areas covered by sand, mud, or fine gravel. They are found in relatively deep waters between 130 and 980 feet deep. Juvenile American plaice occupy shallower areas than adults, and are typically found in waters between 130 and 590 feet deep.

NOAA Fisheries and the New England Fishery Management Council manage the American plaice fishery.[1][2]

American plaice, along with other groundfish in New England waters, is managed under the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, which includes:[3]