TURBOT / REMOL / PSETTA MAXIMA
- Distribution:In the Baltic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean up to Marroco, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
- Feeding: It mainly eats fishes even if it also eats crustaceans and mollusks.
- Fishing: Trawl ships.
- Breeding: Tanks or cages.
- Reproduction: It is a gonocoric species with separated sexs. Spawning is possible by taking gametes (semen and eggs) out of the breeding parents. Females undergo ovulation cycles in about 70-90 hours. Embryo development takes 60-70 days. After the egg hatching, turbot larvae are 0.11-0.12in long.
Cultivation of Larvae
| Temperature | 64.4-68ºF |
| Salinity | 30-35 per mille |
| Oxygen | > 7 ppm |
| Density | 1.36-2.84 l/p |
| Survival | 15-40% |
| Egg diameter | 0.04-0.05 in |
| Larva’s lenght | 0.11-0.12 in |
Fattening
| Temperature | 57.2-62.6ºF |
| Salinity | 30-35 per mille |
| Oxygen | > 5 ppm |
| Load | 4.09-8.18 lb/ft² |
| Duration | 24-27 months |
| Final weight | 3.31-4.41lb |
| Survival | 90% |