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This table is designed to help you contribute to the sustainability of the fish stock by choosing to catch and/or eat fish at the right time of the year. Avoiding catching and eating immature or baby fish during their breeding or spawning times will help maintain stock levels. Avoid catching and buying fish during the months shown in PINK
Fish Breeding and Spawning Seasons
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Cod |
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Dab |
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Hake |
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Ling |
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Mullet Red |
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Plaice |
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Pouting |
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Ray Blond |
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Ray Cuckoo |
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Ray Sandy |
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Ray Spotted |
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Ray Sting |
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Ray Thornback |
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Ray Udulating |
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Rockling |
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Scad |
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Shad |
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Shark |
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Skate |
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Smooth Hound |
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Sole Dover |
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Sole Lemon |
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Spurdog |
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Tope |
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Trigger Fish |
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Turbot |
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Weaver |
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Whiting |
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Witch |
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