Halibut identification

Fish identification of Halibut fish caught around the UK coast line

Halibut is a type of flatfish from the family of the righteye flounders

Halibut

Halibut can be found at depths as shallow as a few metres to hundreds of metres deep, and although they spend most of their time near the bottom, halibut will move up in the water column to feed. In most ecosystems the halibut is near the top of the marine food chain .

Halibut feed on almost any animal they can fit in their mouths: animals found in their stomachs include sand lance, octopus , crab , salmon , hermit crabs , lamprey , sculpin , cod , pollack and flounder .

Halibut UK record

Boat caught Halibut 234lb by Scotland C Booth
Shore caught Halibut 10lb

PLEASE - only take what you are going to eat and return under size fish