Apart from Greenland halibut there are a number of flatfish stocks of importance in the Icelandic fisheries, including plaice, dab, long rough dab, lemon sole, witch and halibut. All these stocks are fully utilised by the Icelandic fleet and TACs have been established for them in recent years . The plaice catch was 7,000 tonnes in 1999.
Plaice is fished by Danish seine and bottom trawl.
Fishing effort is considered too great, and the abundance index for the fishable stock shows a marked decline in recent years. Dab Catch of dab was 4,000 tonnes in 1999. Dab is mainly fished by Danish seine and in a fairly restricted area off the south coast of Iceland. The MRI recommended a TAC of 4,000 tonnes . The fishery for long rough dab is relativey recent and mainly carried out by Danish seine off the west and south coast of Iceland.