Over 12000 tonnes of the aforementioned species were landed from Skagerrak between 2013 and 2022, with individual species landings ranging from 10 to over 6000 tonnes. The largest landings for each of these select species were anglerfish and pollack (Figure 3).
While some of these species are targeted directly, others may be landed as bycatch or caught in highly mixed fisheries (e.g., mixed bottom trawl fishery for Norway lobster N. norvegicus as primary target species). Most are considered sensitive to fishing, due to vulnerable life histories, including reaching maturity late in life or producing few offspring (e.g., wolffish, dogfish, skates, and rays).