Tusk (Brosme brosme)

Scientific name: Brosme brosme Ascanius, 1772

Tusk (Brosme brosme)

The Tusk (Brosme brosme) is a marine fish of the family Lotidae.

Biology

Found in small shoals on rough, rock, gravel, or pebble bottoms. Generally keeps far from the shore, near the bottom, mostly between 150 and 450 m in the northeastern Atlantic, and between 18 and 550 m in the northwestern Atlantic. Occurs at a temperature range of 0?-10? C. Solitary or in small groups. Feeds on crustaceans and shellfishes, benthic fishes and even on starfishes. Preyed upon by seals. Sold fresh, frozen as fillets or dried salted. Eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Brosme brosme
Family
Lotidae (Hakes and burbots)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
120
Common length
50.0
Depth range
18–1000 m (59–3281 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous; depth range 18 - 1000 m, usually 18 - 549 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Atlantic: New Jersey to the Strait of Belle Isle and on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Rare at the southern tip of Greenland. Northeast Atlantic: off Iceland, in the northern North Sea, and along the coast of Scandinavia to the Murmansk Coast and at Spitzbergen.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.08-0.16; tm=8-10; tmax=20; Fec=2 million)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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