John Dory

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John Dory

John Dory, St Pierre or Peter’s Fish, is native to the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Pacific Ocean. These fish can be found at depths of up to 400 m and grow out to be 35 cm in length on average. There have been records where this species has reached 90 cm in length and weighed up to 8 kilograms. John Dory has a remarkable appearance; it has a large head, a big exculpable mouth, and long spines on its dorsal and anal fins. This species has a yellow-brownish colour with yellow spots and one clear black spot on its sides. John Dory is a predator that primarily feeds on other fish species such as herring, sardine, lesser sand eel and Atlantic horse mackerel.

John Dory

Zeus faber

Origin

Atlantic Ocean, northeast (FAO 27)

Farming- / Catch method

Handlines and pole-lines

Minder tonen Toon beoordeling

Fish stocks and fishing pressure

Ecosystem effects

Fishery management

Final assessment

Explanation assessment

John Dory is very popular. It is caught by recreational fishermen as well as commercial fishermen. There is little known about the state of the stock. John Dory are vulnerable to fishing pressure due to its slow growth.

Fishing with handlines has no bycatch of birds, mammals or endangered fish species. There are also no effects on the ecosystem or damage to the seabed with this fishing method.

There is no specific management for John Dory. The fishery is under the Common Fisheries Policy of the EU. There are also a large number of conservation measures in place in the Azores: restricted fishery, deep-sea trawling is prohibited and there are Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This management seems to be largely effective.

John Dory

Zeus faber

Origin

Mediterranean Sea (FAO 37)
Deelgebieden: Atlantic Ocean, northeast

Farming- / Catch method

Bottom otter trawl

Minder tonen Toon beoordeling

Fish stocks and fishing pressure

Ecosystem effects

Fishery management

Final assessment

Explanation assessment

John Dory is a solitary living fish. They are very popular, but there is little known about the fishery on John Dory. They are vulnerable to fishing pressure.

John Dory is landed as bycatch in the bottom otter trawl fishery. This is not a selective fishery and it damages the seabed habitat.

There is no information about the effectiveness of the management on the fishery on John Dory.

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