The largest halibut in the Atlantic world

In Norway, caught the largest halibut in the Atlantic world  The island of Senja in northern Norway, a former police officer Reinhard Uhrmann caught Atlantic halibut the biggest in the world, weighing 241 pounds. In order to catch a huge fish, which bypassed the previous record by 26 kilograms, the Norwegians took three hours and still get to a giant halibut in the boat, he needed help two more experienced fishermen. The approximate cost of such a valuable record and halibut, a length of 2.5 meters, if it is to sell the restaurant - at least 40 thousand dollars, where it will split into a thousand servings of high-quality fillets. After such a pleasant, but very difficult fishing a 62-year-old Norwegian was resting a few days, but the whole team of fishermen with their friends happily took home the 11 kilograms of colossal Atlantic halibut.

The previous record, noted in the Guinness Book of Records - Atlantic halibut, weighing 215 pounds. This giant fish caught German Gunter Hansel off Iceland in the past year.

At the same time, the world's largest Pacific halibut caught Jack Tregis the coast of Alaska in November 1996. This giant fish weighed 208 pounds.


Atlantic halibut (Latin Hippoglossus Hippoglossus) is one of the largest bony fish in the world.

Their native habitat - the northern Atlantic, from Greenland to the Barents Sea and south to the Bay of Biscay. Atlantic halibut can reach 4.5 meters in length and weigh up to 320 pounds. These large fish can live to 50 years and eaten as a rule, other types of smaller fish such as cod, haddock, herring. At the same time in the Atlantic halibut happy to hunt other predators such as seals and sharks in Greenland.