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Table 1

Geographical origin and biometric data of fish species, including weight and length ± SD (min–max).

Species Fishing year Number of fisha
Weight (g) Total length (mm) Parasite identification methods
EEC SBNS ENS CNS WNS
Herring 2019 21 40 43 40 39 41.72 ± 36.37 (2–183) 170.93 ± 53.98 (35–306) Molecular
Sprat 2019 40 42 38 44 43 6.89 ± 3.00 (1–19) 99.58 ± 13.57 (54–135) Molecular
Whiting 2019 40 40 30 40 40 218.70 ± 136.43 (16–674) 258.26 ± 64.83 (126–405) Molecular
2020 80 39 41 66 40 143.00 ± 109.29 (4–882) 249.68 ± 61.99 (98–450) Morphological & Molecular
Pout 2019 39 40 0 13 23 146.18 ± 109.83 (16–773) 219.64 ± 45.04 (126–367) Molecular
2020 26 68 0 24 39 102.68 ± 61.57 (28–421) 204.05 ± 35.79 (140–317) Morphological & Molecular
Dab 2019 40 40 40 40 40 91.64 ± 51.82 (8–249) 2020.23 ± 35.78 (100–296) Molecular
Flounder 2019 26 38 36 15 2 207.94 ± 108.65 (18–652) 263.48 ± 47.03 (125–420) Molecular
Plaice 2019 35 34 25 34 23 163.75 ± 188.80 (3–1314) 229.86 ± 98.13 (77–524) Molecular
a

Number of fish per area; EEC: eastern English Channel, SBNS: Southern Bight of the North Sea, ENS: eastern North Sea, CNS: central North Sea, WNS: western North Sea.

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