A magic wand with a cord is a magical tool that has a cord or string attached to it. This cord serves as a way to channel and direct the magical energy from the wand. When a spell is cast, the user can hold onto the cord and use it to guide the wand's movements and focus their intentions. The cord attached to the wand acts as a physical connection between the user and the magical energy being channeled through the wand. It provides a tactile link that allows the user to have better control over the magical forces at play. By holding onto the cord, the user can manipulate the wand with precision and accuracy.
Like all flatfish, the Witch flounder has a distinctive flat shape with both eyes on one side of its head and swims horizontally. Its flatness and color mutability enable it to easily camouflage itself along the soft muddy and sandy bottoms where it lives. Witch flounder are found in fairly deep waters in the Atlantic Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere. They grow up to nearly 2 feet (60 cm) in length and have been reported to live up to 25 years.
Even if you do not see yourself as a witch, but let us say, you see yourself as a sorcerer or as a wizard, you can still learn something magical and divine from this book. Also called fluke, the summer flounder is a pancake-flat fish, with both eyes on one side of the head, an adaptation to living and moving horizonally along the ocean bottom and a good camouflage.
By holding onto the cord, the user can manipulate the wand with precision and accuracy. Having a magic wand with a cord also offers other benefits. It can act as a safety mechanism, preventing the wand from accidentally being dropped or lost during spellcasting.
Flounder/Sole
Starry flounder stocks are healthy and managed effectively.
BestMORE ABOUT PACIFIC SANDDAB
One of the smaller members of the flounder family, this popular West Coast flatfish reaches only 16 inches (41 cm) when fully grown. Pacific sanddabs live on sandy bottoms and feed on a variety of benthic organisms, including small fish, squid, octopus, shrimp, crabs, sea squirts and worms.
Commercial Sources
The United States is the main commercial source for Pacific sanddabs.
Capture Methods
Pacific sanddabs are caught with bottom trawls.
BestMORE ABOUT DOVER SOLE
Like the flounder, the Dover sole is a pancake-flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head, making it well adapted to living on the ocean bottom. Dover sole produces a protective slime that may spread to other fish when it’s caught in a net. It can grow to a maximum of 2.5 feet, or 76 cm.
Commercial Sources
Dover sole are found in the eastern North Pacific, from the Bering Sea to Baja California in Mexico.
The main source of dover sole is the United States.
Capture Methods
Dover sole come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with trawls. Additional types of fishing gear include handlines and traps.
BestMORE ABOUT ENGLISH SOLE
Like the flounder, the English sole is a pancake-flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head. It dwells along sand and mud bottoms, and can grow to 1.5 feet, or 49 cm.
Commercial Sources
English sole are found in the eastern North Pacific, from the Bering Sea to central Baja California in Mexico.
Capture Methods
English sole come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with trawls.
BestMORE ABOUT PETRALE SOLE
Like the flounder, the petrale sole is a pancake-flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head, making it well adapted to live on the ocean bottom. It grows to a maximum of 2 feet, or 61 cm. It is considered the premium Pacific coast sole.
Commercial Sources
Petrale sole are found in the eastern North Pacific, from the Bering Sea and Alaska to northern Baja California in Mexico.
The main source of petrale sole is the United States.
Capture Methods
Petrale sole come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with trawls.
BestMORE ABOUT REX SOLE
The rex sole is a flounderlike bottom-dwelling species with both eyes on one side of its head. Rex sole is slow-growing and can live up to 24 years while growing to a maximum of 2 feet, or 61 cm. Often it is captured as bycatch and discarded. Though sometimes used for fertilizer, it is also considered tasty.
Commercial Sources
Rex sole are found in the eastern North Pacific, from the Bering Sea to Baja California in Mexico.
The main source of rex sole is the United States.
Capture Methods
Rex sole come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with trawls.
MORE ABOUT AMERICAN PLAICE
A relative of sole and flounder, the plaice is a slender flat fish with a large mouth and the characteristic eyes on one side of its body. Like its relatives, it lives sideways flush with the ocean floor. It grows to 2.5 feet (76 cm) in length.
Commercial Sources
American Plaice are found in the North Atlantic Ocean. In the eastern Atlantic, they occur from Greenland to the coast of Murmansk on the Barents Sea in northern Europe. In the western Atlantic, they range from southern Labrador and western Greenland to Rhode Island.
The main sources of American plaice are Iceland, followed by the United States, the Russian Federation and Canada.
Capture Methods
American plaice come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with bottom trawls. Additional types of fishing gear include gillnets, seines and hooks-and-lines.
MORE ABOUT YELLOWFIN SOLE
Like the flounder, the yellowfin sole is a pancake-flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head, making it well adapted to living on the ocean bottom. Yellowfin sole can reach a maximum of 1.5 feet, or 46 cm.
Commercial Sources
Yellowfin sole are found in the North Pacific, from the Sea of Japan to Barkley Sound in Canada.
The main source of yellowfin sole is the United States.
Capture Methods
Yellowfin sole come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with bottom trawls and lines. Additional types of fishing gear include seines.
MORE ABOUT WINDOWPANE FLOUNDER
The once-depleted stocks have recovered, and overfishing is not occurring. However concerns remain over the bycatch of other species, including some that are threatened or endangered. EDF is actively engaged in this fishery in New England to resolve these concerns.
MORE ABOUT BLACKBACK FLOUNDER
Blackback flounder or winter flounder are on OK choice because the stocks are healthy. However concerns remain over the bycatch of other species, including some that are threatened or endangered. EDF is actively engaged in this fishery in New England to resolve these concerns.
MORE ABOUT ARROWTOOTH FLOUNDER
Arrowtooth flounder caught on the U.S. West Coast and in British Columbia, Canada, is an “OK Choice” because management is effective, and the stocks are healthy. However, moderate concerns remain over bycatch and impact to seafloor habitat. EDF is actively engaged in this fishery in the US Pacific to resolve these concerns.
ImprovingMORE ABOUT SUMMER FLOUNDER
Also called fluke, the summer flounder is a pancake-flat fish, with both eyes on one side of the head, an adaptation to living and moving horizonally along the ocean bottom (and a good camouflage). Summer flounder, which can grow to nearly 3 feet (0.9 meter), prefer to burrow into sandy bottoms and live along coastal areas.
Commercial Sources
Summer flounder are found in the western North Atlantic, from Maine to northern Florida. They occur rarely in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The main source of summer flounder is the United States.
Capture Methods
Summer flounder come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with bottom trawls. Additional types of fishing gear include handlines, pound nets and gillnets.
ImprovingMORE ABOUT WINTER FLOUNDER
The winter flounder lives, as its name implies, in the cold northern waters of the western Atlantic. As with other flounder, its pancake-flat shape and color mutability provide it with a good camouflage against the bottom, where it feeds on insects and crustaceans. It grows up to over 2 feet (0.6 meter) in length.
Commercial Sources
Blackback flounder are found in the western North Atlantic, from Labrador to Georgia.
The main sources of blackback flounder are the United States and Canada.
Capture Methods
Blackback flounder come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with bottom trawls. Additional types of fishing gear include gillnets, dredges and pound nets.
ImprovingMORE ABOUT WITCH FLOUNDER
Like all flatfish, the Witch flounder has a distinctive flat shape with both eyes on one side of its head and swims horizontally. Its flatness and color mutability enable it to easily camouflage itself along the soft muddy and sandy bottoms where it lives. Witch flounder are found in fairly deep waters in the Atlantic Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere. They grow up to nearly 2 feet (60 cm) in length and have been reported to live up to 25 years.
Commercial Sources
Witch flounder are found in the North Atlantic Ocean. In the eastern Atlantic, they occur from Norway to northern Spain. In the western Atlantic, they are distributed from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Banks in Canada to North Carolina.
The main sources of witch flounder are Spain and the United Kingdom, followed by the United States, Canada, Denmark and Iceland.
Capture Methods
Witch flounder come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with bottom trawls. Additional types of fishing gear include gillnets and seines.
ImprovingMORE ABOUT YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER
The yellowtail flounder has a distinctive flat shape with both eyes on one side of the head. Its flatness and color mutability enable it to easily camouflage itself along the soft muddy and sandy bottoms where it lives in shallow waters. It grows up to 2 feet (61 cm) in length and has been reported to live up to 12 years.
Commercial Sources
Yellowtail flounder are found in the western North Atlantic, from southern Labrador to Chesapeake Bay.
The main sources of yellowtail flounder are Canada and the United States.
Capture Methods
Yellowtail flounder come from marine fisheries, not fish farms. They are primarily caught with bottom trawls. Additional types of fishing gear include gillnets and dredges.
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Recommended servings per month
| Contaminant | Men | Women | Kids 6-12 | Kids 0-5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starry flounder (US, Pacific) | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | |
| American plaice (US, Atlantic) | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Summer flounder (US, Atlantic) | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Winter flounder | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Witch flounder | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Yellowtail flounder | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Pacific sanddab | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Dover sole | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| English sole | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Petrale sole | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Rex sole | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Yellowfin sole | Mercury | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Windowpane flounder (US, Atlantic) | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | |
| Blackback flounder (US, Atlantic) | 4+ | 4+ | 4 | 4+ | |
| Arrowtooth flounder (US and Canada, Pacific) | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
This chart shows how much can safely be eaten each MONTH (assuming no other contaminated fish is consumed). The advice is based on EPA guidance and the latest mercury data. More on contaminants »
Eco details:- Since they live on or near the bottom, flounder and sole are usually caught by bottom trawls, which can result in bycatch and damage to bottom habitats.
- True flounders are found in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. In New England, flounders are now caught under an innovative new ‘sector’ management plan. Discards in the fishery have dramatically decreased, sector fishermen stayed under their catch limits for all groundfish species, and less gear was deployed compared to previous years.
- True soles are found in the Pacific Ocean. On the West Coast, soles are now managed under an innovative new ‘catch share’ management plan. Bycatch is down 75%, and conservative catch quotas have limited the catch of overfished rockfish. Additionally, an innovation boom in gear design and fishing behavior has helped trawlers avoid bycatch hotspots and keep sensitive species out of nets.
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Like the flounder, the yellowfin sole is a pancake-flat fish with both eyes on one side of its head, making it well adapted to living on the ocean bottom. Yellowfin sole can reach a maximum of 1.5 feet, or 46 cm.
The cord serves as a reminder to the user that they are in control of the magic and helps to ground their energy. Additionally, the cord can be used as a way to personalize and customize the wand. Users can choose cords of different materials, colors, and lengths, each carrying its own symbolic meaning. This not only enhances the aesthetic appeal of the wand but also adds a personal touch to its use. The use of a magic wand with a cord is not a requirement for spellcasting. Many individuals prefer to use wands without cords or choose to use their fingers or other magical tools instead. Ultimately, the choice of using a corded wand comes down to personal preference and what feels most comfortable and effective for the user. In conclusion, a magic wand with a cord is a magical tool that provides a physical link between the user and the wand's magical energy. It allows for better control and precision in spellcasting and can serve as a safety mechanism. The cord can also be personalized and customized to add a unique touch to the wand. However, its use is a matter of personal preference and not a requirement for practicing magic..
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