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have attempted to get people to eat more dab in order to take the pressure off the species of commercial fish which are currently heavily exploited.
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The common dab has a similar appearance to both the
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480:References
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294:. It is a
278:common dab
254:Bonnaterre
445:North Sea
441:White Sea
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409:sand eels
348:Liopsetta
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