
The table below lists the minimum size limits and size at sexual maturity (i.e. size at which 50% of individuals are able to reproduce) for the most common French fisheries.
Note that most minimum commercial sizes are set
below the size at sexual maturity.
It is therefore important that consumers
favor individuals
larger than the size at sexual maturity.
Source:
Seafood Choices Alliance Produits de la Mer. Guide des espèces à l’usage des professionnels. (2008)
http://www.seafoodchoices.org/resources/documents/FrenchSpeciesGuide_RevisedFinal.pdf
Last updated: April 2010