 The North Sea is where most of the commercial landings in the northeast Atlantic are made and this species is rarely landed in Norway.The FAO reported a total catch for "G. cynoglossus" in 1999 of 18,969 tonnes, while more recent statistics are that approximately 13,600 tonnes are taken by European fisheries annually with United Kingdom vessels taking around 3,600 tonnes of this total catch.In North America commercial fisheries take around 2,700 tonnes annually.