 "Glyptocephalus cynoglossus" is commercially important as a bycatch and there are fisheries directed at this species, except that it is occasionally targeted in the Skagerrak.It is an important bycatch species in some fisheries which target the Norway lobster ("Nephrops norvegicus").There was a notable increase in the landings of this species in the 1980s as a result of increased fishing effort by Iceland, Spain, and Norway.