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Sea - Saltwater
Fish of the North Sea
A shallow, productive northern European sea - historically one of the most important commercial fishing grounds in the world.
Continent: Europe Area: 570,000 km² Max Depth: 725m Climate: Temperate
📖 Overview
The North Sea between Britain and Scandinavia has been fished for herring, cod, plaice, and haddock since the Vikings. In the 20th century it became the model of overfishing and recovery science - the Atlantic cod stocks near-collapse in the 1990s remains a case study in fisheries management.
🐟 Notable Species
Atlantic cod, haddock, plaice, sole, herring, mackerel, whiting, saithe.
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