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The '''Petrale sole''', ''Eopsetta jordani'', is an edible [[flatfish]] of the family [[Pleuronectidae]]. It is a [[demersal]] fish that lives on sandy bottoms, usually in deep water, down to depths of about {{convert|550|m|ft}}. Males can grow to {{convert|53|cm|in}} in length, females to {{convert|70|cm|in}}, and they can weigh up to {{convert|3.7|kg|lb}}. Its native [[habitat]] is the [[Pacific Ocean|Eastern Pacific]], stretching from the coast of [[Baja California]] in the south to the [[Aleutian Islands]] in the [[Bering Sea]] in the north.<ref name='Fishbase'>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4237 |title=Petrale sole |accessdate=2009-05-15 |author=Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly |date=15 January 2009 |work=[[Fishbase]] }}</ref><ref name='StockAssessment'>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcouncil.org/groundfish/gfsafe0406/Final_Petrale_102405.pdf |title=Stock Assessment of Petrale Sole: 2004 |accessdate=2009-05-15 |author=Lai, Haltuch, Punt, Cope |date=September 2005 |publisher=US National Marine Fisheries Service }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
The '''Petrale sole''', ''Eopsetta jordani'', is an edible [[flatfish]] of the family [[Pleuronectidae]]. It is a [[demersal]] fish that lives on sandy bottoms, usually in deep water, down to depths of about {{convert|550|m|ft}}. Males can grow to {{convert|53|cm|in}} in length, females to {{convert|70|cm|in}}, and they can weigh up to {{convert|3.7|kg|lb}}. Its native [[habitat]] is the [[Pacific Ocean|Eastern Pacific]], stretching from the coast of [[Baja California]] in the south to the [[Aleutian Islands]] in the [[Bering Sea]] in the north.<ref name='Fishbase'>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4237 |title=Petrale sole |accessdate=2009-05-15 |author=Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly |date=15 January 2009 |work=[[Fishbase]] }}</ref><ref name='StockAssessment'>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcouncil.org/groundfish/gfsafe0406/Final_Petrale_102405.pdf |title=Stock Assessment of Petrale Sole: 2004 |accessdate=2009-05-15 |author=Lai, Haltuch, Punt, Cope |date=September 2005 |publisher=US National Marine Fisheries Service |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20090109134541/http://www.pcouncil.org./groundfish/gfsafe0406/Final_Petrale_102405.pdf |archivedate=January 9, 2009 }}</ref>


Petrale sole is an important commercial fish, caught all along the [[West Coast of the United States]] and [[Canada]] and into the [[Bering Sea]], almost exclusively by [[Fishing trawler|trawler]].<ref name='StockAssessment' /><ref name='FishSource'>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishsource.org/fishery/washington%20-%20oregon%20-%20california%20petrale%20sole-northern%20stock/summary |title= Washington - Oregon - California Petrale Sole - northern Stock |accessdate=2009-05-15 |year=2007 |work=FishSource |publisher=Sustainable Fisheries Partnership }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name='FishWatch'>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/petrale_sole.htm |title=Petrale Sole (Eopsetta jordani) |accessdate=2009-05-15 |date=14 May 2009 |work=FishWatch |publisher=[[National Marine Fisheries Service]] }}</ref>
Petrale sole is an important commercial fish, caught all along the [[West Coast of the United States]] and [[Canada]] and into the [[Bering Sea]], almost exclusively by [[Fishing trawler|trawler]].<ref name='StockAssessment' /><ref name='FishSource'>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishsource.org/fishery/washington%20-%20oregon%20-%20california%20petrale%20sole-northern%20stock/summary |title=Washington - Oregon - California Petrale Sole - northern Stock |accessdate=2009-05-15 |year=2007 |work=FishSource |publisher=Sustainable Fisheries Partnership |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20120223222712/http://www.fishsource.org/fishery/washington%20-%20oregon%20-%20california%20petrale%20sole-northern%20stock/summary |archivedate=February 23, 2012 }}</ref><ref name='FishWatch'>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/petrale_sole.htm |title=Petrale Sole (Eopsetta jordani) |accessdate=2009-05-15 |date=14 May 2009 |work=FishWatch |publisher=[[National Marine Fisheries Service]] }}</ref>


==Identification==
==Identification==

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Petrale sole
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E. jordani
Binomial name
Eopsetta jordani
(Lockington, 1878)

The Petrale sole, Eopsetta jordani, is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy bottoms, usually in deep water, down to depths of about 550 metres (1,800 ft). Males can grow to 53 centimetres (21 in) in length, females to 70 centimetres (28 in), and they can weigh up to 3.7 kilograms (8.2 lb). Its native habitat is the Eastern Pacific, stretching from the coast of Baja California in the south to the Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea in the north.[2][3]

Petrale sole is an important commercial fish, caught all along the West Coast of the United States and Canada and into the Bering Sea, almost exclusively by trawler.[3][4][5]

Identification

Petrale sole is a right-eyed flounder with an oval body. Its upper surface is uniformly light to dark brown, and its lower surface is white, sometimes with pink traces. It has a large mouth with two rows of small, arrow-shaped teeth on the upper jaw and one row of teeth on the lower jaw.[5]

Diet

Juvenile petrale sole feed on cumaceans, carideans and amphipods, whilst adults will eat shrimps, crabs, epibenthos organisms and other fish, such as herring, hake, anchovy, pollock and other flatfish.[3]

Commercial Fishing

The Petrale sole is an important commercial fish, and has been fished off Oregon since at least 1884. One fishery exists, off the west coast of the United States; although petral sole are native to Alaska and are caught there and in other fisheries, no other designated petrale sole fishery exists.[3][5]

Between 1995 and 2004 the coastwide catch of petrale sole ranged from 1,616 to 2,377 tonnes. The Pacific Fishery Management Council has established Acceptable Biological Catch limits for the annual harvests of petrale sole in the waters off the US west coast; from 1995 to 2000 the coastwide total annual catch did not exceed the catch limit, but from 2001 the catch in the Northern assessment area has exceeded the portion of the catch limit attributed to that area.[3][4]

The estimated biomass of petrale sole in the northern segment of the fishery reached a historical low of 1,267 tonnes in 1992, but has increased steadily since then to 4,960 tonnes in 2005. The southern segment reached a historical low of 1,012 tonnes in 1986, and, after remaining stable for ten years, by 2005 it had increased to 4,667 tonnes. [3] Petrale sole was declared overfished in 2009.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Eopsetta jordani". IUCN Red List. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  2. ^ Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly (15 January 2009). "Petrale sole". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Lai, Haltuch, Punt, Cope (September 2005). "Stock Assessment of Petrale Sole: 2004" (PDF). US National Marine Fisheries Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b "Washington - Oregon - California Petrale Sole - northern Stock". FishSource. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership. 2007. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved 2009-05-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b c "Petrale Sole (Eopsetta jordani)". FishWatch. National Marine Fisheries Service. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  6. ^ http://www.fishwatch.gov/seafood_profiles/species/sole/species_pages/petrale_sole.htm