Arrowtooth Flounder

Atheresthes stomias

Photo contributed by: Bill Barss Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

In-depth Information Regarding this Species

U.S. Range in the Pacific Ocean	Bering Sea to Southern California Common from Alaska to British Columbia (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983)
Substrate	Soft bottom (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983)
Depth range (meters)	18–731 (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983)
Average Maximum Overall Length (cm)	84 (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983)
Market	"Quality of flesh poor, not marketed as human food; used for mink food." (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983)
Additional Use of the Species	Mink food (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983)

Recent Wild Harvest Data for Oregon
Data from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Year	Total Catch (Pounds)	Ex-vessel Value ( U.S. Dollars)
1989	2,505,977	242,358
1990	4,000,879	413,558
1991	4,604,857	527,421
1992	4,543,936	480,458
1993	3,657,146	357,553
1994	3,793,635	367,575
1995	3,115,812	347,131
1996	2,465,395	249,498
1997	2,561,594	251,493
1998	3,506,589	356,983

Photograph courtesy of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering To link to their webpage click here.

© 2003 Stephen Sempier