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Common name - Ray, sandy
Scientific name - Leucoraja circularis
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
In general, skates and rays are inherently vulnerable to overfishing due to slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity. In addition,...
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Common name - Ray, shagreen
Scientific name - Leucoraja fullonica
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
In general, skates and rays are inherently vulnerable to overfishing due to slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity. In addition,...
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Common name - Ray, smalleyed
Scientific name - Raja microocellata
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
In general, skates and rays are inherently vulnerable to overfishing due to slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity. In addition,...
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Common name - Ray, spotted
Scientific name - Raja montagui
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
In general, skates and rays are inherently vulnerable to overfishing due to slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity. In addition,...
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Common name - Ray, starry
Scientific name - Amblyraja radiata
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
In general, skates and rays are inherently vulnerable to overfishing due to slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity. In addition,...
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Common name - Ray, Thornback ray, Roker
Scientific name - Raja clavata
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
In general, skates and rays are inherently vulnerable to overfishing due to slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity. In addition,...
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Common name - Ray, undulate
Scientific name - Raja undulata
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
Like many skate and ray species around the UK, the stock status of undulate rays is largely uncertain, but appears to be depleted in some inshore...
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Common name - Red mullet, Striped red mullet
Scientific name - Mullus surmuletus
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Caught at sea   White round fish
There is no EU management for the species which is a cause for concern as red mullet is taken in both targeted fisheries and as bycatch. Two...
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Common name - Red seabream, Blackspot seabream
Scientific name - Pagellus bogaraveo
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Caught at sea   White round fish
Red seabream have a low resilience to exploitation due to their being sequential hermaphrodites (Red seabream change sex as they age, starting...
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Common name - Red Swamp Crawfish
Scientific name - Procambarus clarkii
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Farmed   Shellfish
Red Swamp crayfish are farmed in both the US Southern States and China. Both countries farm them in agricultural ponds or rice paddies and their...
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