Distribution and Habitat
The geographical range of the European plaice is off all coasts from the Barents Sea to the Mediterranean, also in the Northeast Atlantic and along Greenland. In some locales such as the Irish Sea this species is considered fully exploited by commercial fishing.
It is a common flatfish, occurring on the sandy and muddy bottoms of the European shelf, usually at depths between 10 and 50 m, where they tend to burrow in sediment during day time and remain stationary for long periods. They can be found at depths up to approximately 200 m. Young fish in particular come right inshore in very shallow water.
They are able to survive low salt concentrations and may occur in some cases in brackish water or even in freshwater.
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