These are slow-growing fish and can live for up to 40 years. In 1981, a turbot weighing 24 lb was caught off Swansea and holds the Welsh rod-caught record.
Bigger turbot are certainly out there to be caught.
Turbot feed on fish, and sandeels are a particularly important part of their diet. They will also eat squid, prawns and molluscs. Turbot are often caught near wrecks, where they are often found feeding on the sand and gravel flats in the lee of the hull.