FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Biologie et peche du 'balai' Hippoglossoides platessoides dans l'Atlantique du Nord-ouest. OT Biology and fishery for the American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides in north western Atlantic. BT AF MINET, Jean-Pierre POULARD, Jean-Charles AS 1:;2:; FF 1:;2:; TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1972/publication-2057.pdf LA French DT Article DE ;N W Atlantic;Hippoglossoides platessoides;Fishery;Biology AB The biology of the American plaice (the 'balai'), Hippoglossoides platessoides and its fishery in the N-W Atlantic are examined. A. Biology of the balai in relation to the fishery; (1) General distribution and maximum concentration. (a) Greenland, (b) Labrador, (c) Newfoundland, (d) Gulf of St. Lawrence, (e) Nova Scotia and U.S.A. (2) Factors influencing distribution. (a) Nature of bottom, (b) depth, (c) temperature. (3) Size distribution. B. The N-W Atlantic fishery. (1) Small-time fishery. (2) Commercial fishery. (3) Foreign fishery. C. Processing and marketing. PY 1972 PD MAR SO Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des PĂȘches Maritimes SN 0035-2276 PU ISTPM VL 36 IS 3 BP 325 EP 336 ID 2057 ER EF