White skate
Rostroraja alba · Rays and skates
A protected species. If you catch one, handle it carefully and put it back alive.
A large, now very rare skate, endangered worldwide. Landing it is prohibited in Scotland, so release any caught alive.[1]
How to recognise it
When and where
- Found over
- sand, mixed sand and rock[1]
Sources
These notes are a draft: we gathered them from the sources above and are still checking them. We don't work out best times for this fish yet. The size rules come from the same checked byelaws as every other fish.