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| 1.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 207/113 |
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1.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 207/113

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2016/1251

of 12 July 2016

adopting a multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors for the period 2017-2019

(notified under document C(2016) 4329)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008, a multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector is to be adopted for a period of three years for the purpose of ensuring uniform application of the obligation to collect and manage data. |
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(1)

Pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008, a multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector is to be adopted for a period of three years for the purpose of ensuring uniform application of the obligation to collect and manage data.

| (2) | The current multiannual Union programme is based on the multiannual programme for the period 2011-2013, that was prolonged by Commission Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 in order to bridge the period between the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and 31 December 2016. It is therefore necessary to establish a multiannual Union programme for a three-year period starting 1 January 2017. |
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(2)

The current multiannual Union programme is based on the multiannual programme for the period 2011-2013, that was prolonged by Commission Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 in order to bridge the period between the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and 31 December 2016. It is therefore necessary to establish a multiannual Union programme for a three-year period starting 1 January 2017.

| (3) | Pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the Member States shall collect biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data necessary for fisheries management. The multiannual Union programme is necessary for Member States to specify and plan their data collection activities in their national work plans. In accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) these national work plans have to be submitted to the Commission by 31 October preceding the year from which the work plan is to apply. |
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(3)

Pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the Member States shall collect biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data necessary for fisheries management. The multiannual Union programme is necessary for Member States to specify and plan their data collection activities in their national work plans. In accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) these national work plans have to be submitted to the Commission by 31 October preceding the year from which the work plan is to apply.

| (4) | The multiannual Union programme should define data collection requirements in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. It should contain the elements needed for the implementation of the common fisheries policy in as far as they are not already required under other legislative frameworks. |
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(4)

The multiannual Union programme should define data collection requirements in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. It should contain the elements needed for the implementation of the common fisheries policy in as far as they are not already required under other legislative frameworks.

| (5) | In order to achieve the objectives of the reformed common fisheries policy set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, it is necessary to update the Union data requirements for sound scientific advice for the period starting from 1 January 2017. |
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(5)

In order to achieve the objectives of the reformed common fisheries policy set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, it is necessary to update the Union data requirements for sound scientific advice for the period starting from 1 January 2017.

| (6) | Moreover, new international obligations and commitments imposed upon Member States and the Union by multilateral and bilateral agreements with regard to fisheries require incorporation of certain requirements concerning data collection into the multiannual Union programme, in particular those stemming from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs). |
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(6)

Moreover, new international obligations and commitments imposed upon Member States and the Union by multilateral and bilateral agreements with regard to fisheries require incorporation of certain requirements concerning data collection into the multiannual Union programme, in particular those stemming from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs).

| (7) | Evaluation of the current framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and subsequent stakeholder consultations have indicated that the multiannual Union programme should focus on what data are required from Member States, rather than on the methods to collect them. Methodological requirements shall be described in Member States' work plans to be approved by the Commission, following close cooperation between Member States at the level of marine regions. |
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(7)

Evaluation of the current framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and subsequent stakeholder consultations have indicated that the multiannual Union programme should focus on what data are required from Member States, rather than on the methods to collect them. Methodological requirements shall be described in Member States' work plans to be approved by the Commission, following close cooperation between Member States at the level of marine regions.

| (8) | The Union programme for the period 2017-2019 should therefore take account of all these elements and of the objectives of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, in particular Articles 2 and 25 thereof, to the extent possible within the current legal framework provided by Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. Where new data requirements go beyond the current legislative framework, they should be optional. Once a new legal framework amending Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 will enter into force, the Commission may amend the multiannual Union programme, if necessary, to reflect any new data collection requirements. |
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(8)

The Union programme for the period 2017-2019 should therefore take account of all these elements and of the objectives of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, in particular Articles 2 and 25 thereof, to the extent possible within the current legal framework provided by Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. Where new data requirements go beyond the current legislative framework, they should be optional. Once a new legal framework amending Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 will enter into force, the Commission may amend the multiannual Union programme, if necessary, to reflect any new data collection requirements.

| (9) | The Commission has taken account of the recommendations resulting from consultation with the Regional Coordination Meetings referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF). Other appropriate consultative scientific bodies such as the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) have also been consulted, as well as representatives of Member States gathered in dedicated expert groups. |
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(9)

The Commission has taken account of the recommendations resulting from consultation with the Regional Coordination Meetings referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF). Other appropriate consultative scientific bodies such as the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) have also been consulted, as well as representatives of Member States gathered in dedicated expert groups.

| (10) | For reasons of legal certainty, Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 should be repealed. |
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(10)

For reasons of legal certainty, Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 should be repealed.

| (11) | The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, |
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(11)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The multiannual Union programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector for the period 2017-2019, as referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008, is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Implementing Decision C(2013)5243 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2017.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 July 2016.

For the Commission

Karmenu VELLA

Member of the Commission

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(1)  
  OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1.

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(2)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

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(3)  Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 149, 20.5.2014, p. 1).

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ANNEX

CHAPTER I

Definitions

For the purpose of this Annex, definitions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (1), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 (2), and Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) shall apply. In addition, the following definitions shall also apply:

(1)   
  Active vessels
  : vessels that have been engaged in any fishing operation (one day or more) during a calendar year. A vessel that has not been engaged in fishing operations during a year is considered ‘inactive’.

(2)   
  Anadromous species
  : living aquatic resources with lifecycle starting by hatching in freshwater, migrating to saltwater, returning and finally spawning in freshwater.

(3)   
  Catadromous species
  : living aquatic resources with lifecycle starting by hatching in saltwater, migrating to freshwater, returning and finally spawning in saltwater.

(4)   
  Catch fraction
  : a part of the total catch, such as the part of the catch landed above the minimum conservation reference size, the part landed below the minimum conservation reference size, the part discarded below the minimum conservation reference size, de minimis discards or discards.

(5)   
  Days at sea
  : any continuous period of 24 hours (or part thereof) during which a vessel is present within an area and absent from port.

(6)   
  Fishing days
  : any calendar day at sea in which a fishing operation takes place, without prejudice to the international obligations of the Union and its Member States. One fishing trip can contribute to both the sum of the fishing days for passive gears and the sum of the fishing days for active gears on that trip.

(7)   
  Fishing ground
  : (group of) geographical units where fishing takes place. These units shall be agreed at marine region level on the basis of existing areas defined by regional fisheries management organisations or scientific bodies.

(8)   
  Fleet segment
  : group of vessels with the same length class (LOA, length overall) and predominant fishing gear during the year.

(9)   
  Metier
  : a group of fishing operations targeting a similar (assemblage of) species, using similar gear (4), during the same period of the year and/or within the same area and which are characterised by a similar exploitation pattern.

(10)   
  Research surveys at sea
  : trips carried out on a research vessel, or a vessel dedicated to scientific research for stock and ecosystem monitoring, and designated for this task by the body in charge of the implementation of the national work plan established in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.

CHAPTER II

Data collection methods

Data collection methods and quality shall be appropriate for the intended purposes defined in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and shall follow the best practices and relevant methodologies advised by the relevant scientific bodies. To this end, the methods and the result of the application of the methods shall be examined at regular intervals by independent scientific bodies in order to verify their appropriateness with respect to the management of the common fisheries policy.

CHAPTER III

Data requirements

1.   Data sets

| 1.1. | Member States shall establish, as part of the work plans drawn up in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, the data to be collected amongst the following sets as specified in points 2 to 7 of this Chapter:






  (a) | biological data, by catch fraction, on stocks caught by Union commercial fisheries in Union and outside Union waters and by recreational fisheries in Union waters; |
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1.1.

(a)

biological data, by catch fraction, on stocks caught by Union commercial fisheries in Union and outside Union waters and by recreational fisheries in Union waters;

| (b) | data to assess the impact of Union fisheries on the marine ecosystem in Union waters and outside Union waters; |
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(b)

data to assess the impact of Union fisheries on the marine ecosystem in Union waters and outside Union waters;

| (c) | detailed data on the activity of Union fishing vessels in Union waters and outside Union waters as reported under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009; |
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(c)

detailed data on the activity of Union fishing vessels in Union waters and outside Union waters as reported under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

| (d) | social and economic data on fisheries (5); |
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(d)

social and economic data on fisheries (5);

| (e) | social, economic and environmental data on aquaculture; |
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(e)

social, economic and environmental data on aquaculture;

| 1.2. | The data to be collected shall be established in accordance with Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 and taking into account the thresholds set out in Chapter V of this Annex. |
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1.2.

| 1.3. | Data shall be collected to enable valid estimates to be derived for the type of fisheries, temporal periods and areas based on end-user needs agreed at marine region level. The frequency of data collection is to be coordinated at marine region level, unless stated otherwise in this Annex and corresponding tables. |
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1.3.

2.   Biological data on stocks caught by Union commercial fisheries in Union and outside Union waters and by recreational fisheries in Union waters.

Those data shall consist of the following:

| (a) | Catch quantities by species and biological data from individual specimens enabling the estimation of:






  (i) | For commercial fisheries, volume and length frequency of all catch fractions (including discards and unwanted catches) for the stocks listed in Tables 1A, 1B and 1C, reported at the aggregation level 6 as set out in Table 2. The temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs; |
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(a)

Catch quantities by species and biological data from individual specimens enabling the estimation of:

(i)

For commercial fisheries, volume and length frequency of all catch fractions (including discards and unwanted catches) for the stocks listed in Tables 1A, 1B and 1C, reported at the aggregation level 6 as set out in Table 2. The temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs;

| (ii) | For commercial fisheries, mean-weight and age distribution of catches of the stocks listed in Table 1A, 1B and 1C. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected and the temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs; |
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(ii)

For commercial fisheries, mean-weight and age distribution of catches of the stocks listed in Table 1A, 1B and 1C. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected and the temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs;

| (iii) | For commercial fisheries, sex-ratio, maturity and fecundity data for stocks listed in Tables 1A, 1B and 1C of catches at frequencies needed for scientific advice. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected and the temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs; |
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(iii)

For commercial fisheries, sex-ratio, maturity and fecundity data for stocks listed in Tables 1A, 1B and 1C of catches at frequencies needed for scientific advice. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected and the temporal resolution shall be coordinated at marine region level based on end-user needs;

| (iv) | For recreational fisheries, annual volume (numbers and weights or length) of catches and releases for the species listed in Table 3 and/or the species identified at marine region level as needed for fisheries management purposes End-user needs for age or other biological data as specified in paragraphs (i)-(iii) shall be evaluated for recreational fisheries at marine region level. |
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(iv)

For recreational fisheries, annual volume (numbers and weights or length) of catches and releases for the species listed in Table 3 and/or the species identified at marine region level as needed for fisheries management purposes End-user needs for age or other biological data as specified in paragraphs (i)-(iii) shall be evaluated for recreational fisheries at marine region level.

| (b) | In addition to data collected under point (a), data on anadromous and catadromous species listed in Table 1E caught by commercial fisheries during the freshwater part of their lifecycle, irrespective of the way these fisheries are undertaken, as follows:






  (i) | stock-related variables (for individual specimens, on age, length, weight, sex, maturity and fecundity, by life stage, but further specified on a species and regional basis); and |
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(b)

In addition to data collected under point (a), data on anadromous and catadromous species listed in Table 1E caught by commercial fisheries during the freshwater part of their lifecycle, irrespective of the way these fisheries are undertaken, as follows:

(i)

stock-related variables (for individual specimens, on age, length, weight, sex, maturity and fecundity, by life stage, but further specified on a species and regional basis); and

| (ii) | annual catch quantities by age class or life stage. |
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(ii)

annual catch quantities by age class or life stage.

| (c) | In addition:
  as regards eel, information (e.g. data, estimates, relative trends, etc.) collected annually in at least one river basin per eel management unit on:






  (i) | the abundance of recruits; |
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(c)

In addition:

as regards eel, information (e.g. data, estimates, relative trends, etc.) collected annually in at least one river basin per eel management unit on:

(i)

the abundance of recruits;

| (ii) | the abundance of the standing stock (yellow eel); and |
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(ii)

the abundance of the standing stock (yellow eel); and

| (iii) | the number or weight and sex ratio of emigrating silver eels; |
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(iii)

the number or weight and sex ratio of emigrating silver eels;

and as regards all wild salmon: information collected annually — unless agreed otherwise at regional level — on the abundance of smolt and parr and number of ascending individuals.

The designation of rivers to be monitored for eel and salmon shall be defined at regional level. The selection of stocks from which these variables have to be collected shall be coordinated at regional level based on end-user needs.

3.   Data to assess the impact of Union fisheries on marine ecosystems in Union waters and outside Union waters

Those data shall consist of the following:

| (a) | For all types of fisheries, incidental by-catch of all birds, mammals and reptiles and fish protected under Union legislation and international agreements, including the species listed in Table 1D, including absence in the catch, during scientific observer trips on fishing ships or by the fishers themselves through logbooks.
  Where data collected during observer trips are not considered to provide sufficient data on incidental by-catch for end-user needs, other methodologies, shall be implemented by Member States. The selection of these methodologies shall be coordinated at marine region level and be based on end-user needs. |
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(a)

For all types of fisheries, incidental by-catch of all birds, mammals and reptiles and fish protected under Union legislation and international agreements, including the species listed in Table 1D, including absence in the catch, during scientific observer trips on fishing ships or by the fishers themselves through logbooks.

Where data collected during observer trips are not considered to provide sufficient data on incidental by-catch for end-user needs, other methodologies, shall be implemented by Member States. The selection of these methodologies shall be coordinated at marine region level and be based on end-user needs.

| (b) | Data to assist in the assessment of the impact of fisheries in Union waters and outside Union waters on marine habitats.
  The variables used for assessing the impact of fisheries on marine habitat shall be those recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Data shall be disaggregated at fishing activity level 3 (6), unless a lower level of aggregation is required at regional level, in particular in the case of marine protected areas.
  When data recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are not at the correct resolution or are not of sufficient quality or coverage for the intended scientific use, they shall be collected in an alternative way by using appropriate sampling methods. Data as recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are to be made available at the appropriate level of aggregation to the national institutions implementing the work plans. |
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(b)

Data to assist in the assessment of the impact of fisheries in Union waters and outside Union waters on marine habitats.

The variables used for assessing the impact of fisheries on marine habitat shall be those recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. Data shall be disaggregated at fishing activity level 3 (6), unless a lower level of aggregation is required at regional level, in particular in the case of marine protected areas.

When data recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are not at the correct resolution or are not of sufficient quality or coverage for the intended scientific use, they shall be collected in an alternative way by using appropriate sampling methods. Data as recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are to be made available at the appropriate level of aggregation to the national institutions implementing the work plans.

| (c) | Data for estimating the level of fishing and the impact of fishing activities on marine biological resources and on marine ecosystems, such as effects on non-commercial species, predator-prey relationships and natural mortality of fish species in each marine region.
  These data shall be first assessed within pilot studies. Based on the outcomes of these pilot studies, Member States shall determine future data collection specific for each marine region, coordinated at marine region level and based on end-user needs. |
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(c)

Data for estimating the level of fishing and the impact of fishing activities on marine biological resources and on marine ecosystems, such as effects on non-commercial species, predator-prey relationships and natural mortality of fish species in each marine region.

These data shall be first assessed within pilot studies. Based on the outcomes of these pilot studies, Member States shall determine future data collection specific for each marine region, coordinated at marine region level and based on end-user needs.

4.   Detailed data on the activity of Union fishing vessels (7)
  in Union waters and outside Union waters as recorded under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

Data to assess the activity of Union fishing vessels in Union waters and outside Union waters consist of the variables as indicated in Table 4. Data as recorded, reported and transmitted under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are to be made available in the form of primary data to the national institutions implementing the work plans. When these data are not to be collected under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 or when data collected under Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 are not at the correct resolution or are not of sufficient quality or coverage for the intended scientific use, they shall be collected in an alternative way by using appropriate sampling methods. These methods shall allow for the estimation of variables listed in Table 4 at the lowest relevant geographic level by fleet segment (Table 5a) and metier level 6 (Table 2).

5.   Social and economic data on fisheries to enable the assessment of the social and economic performance of the Union fisheries sector.

Those data shall consist of the following:

| (a) | Economic variables as indicated in Table 5A according to the sector segmentation of Table 5B and according to the supraregions as defined in Table 5C.
  The population shall be all active and inactive vessels registered in the Union Fishing Fleet Register as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 (8) on 31 December of the reporting year and vessels that do not appear on the Register at that date but have fished at least one day during the reporting year
  For inactive vessels only capital value and capital cost shall be collected.
  In cases where there is a risk of natural persons and/or legal entities being identified clustering may be applied to report economic variables in order to ensure statistical confidentiality. Clustering may also be used if necessary to design a statistically sound sampling plan. Such a clustering scheme shall be consistent over time.
  Economic data shall be collected on an annual basis. |
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(a)

Economic variables as indicated in Table 5A according to the sector segmentation of Table 5B and according to the supraregions as defined in Table 5C.

The population shall be all active and inactive vessels registered in the Union Fishing Fleet Register as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 (8) on 31 December of the reporting year and vessels that do not appear on the Register at that date but have fished at least one day during the reporting year

For inactive vessels only capital value and capital cost shall be collected.

In cases where there is a risk of natural persons and/or legal entities being identified clustering may be applied to report economic variables in order to ensure statistical confidentiality. Clustering may also be used if necessary to design a statistically sound sampling plan. Such a clustering scheme shall be consistent over time.

Economic data shall be collected on an annual basis.

| (b) | Social variables as indicated in Table 6.
  Social data shall be collected every three years starting in 2018.
  Data on employment by education level and employment by nationality may be collected on the basis of pilot studies. |
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(b)

Social variables as indicated in Table 6.

Social data shall be collected every three years starting in 2018.

Data on employment by education level and employment by nationality may be collected on the basis of pilot studies.

6.   Social, economic and environmental data on marine aquaculture, and optionally on freshwater aquaculture, to enable the assessment of the social, economic and environmental performance of the Union aquaculture sector.

Those data shall consist of the following:

| (a) | Economic variables as indicated in Table 7 according to the sector segmentation set out in Table 9.
  The population shall be all enterprises whose primary activity is defined according to the European classification of economic activities NACE (9) codes 03.21 and 03.22 and who operate for profit.
  Economic data shall be collected on an annual basis. |
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(a)

Economic variables as indicated in Table 7 according to the sector segmentation set out in Table 9.

The population shall be all enterprises whose primary activity is defined according to the European classification of economic activities NACE (9) codes 03.21 and 03.22 and who operate for profit.

Economic data shall be collected on an annual basis.

| (b) | Social variables as indicated in Table 6.
  Social data shall be collected every three years starting in 2018.
  Data on employment by education level and employment by nationality may be collected on the basis of pilot studies. |
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(b)

Social variables as indicated in Table 6.

Social data shall be collected every three years starting in 2018.

Data on employment by education level and employment by nationality may be collected on the basis of pilot studies.

| (c) | Environmental data on aquaculture as indicated in Table 8 to enable the assessment of aspects of its environmental performance.
  Environmental data may be collected on the basis of pilot studies and extrapolated to indicate totals relevant to the total volume of fish produced in the Member State.
  Environmental data shall be collected every two years. |
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(c)

Environmental data on aquaculture as indicated in Table 8 to enable the assessment of aspects of its environmental performance.

Environmental data may be collected on the basis of pilot studies and extrapolated to indicate totals relevant to the total volume of fish produced in the Member State.

Environmental data shall be collected every two years.

CHAPTER IV

Research surveys at sea

| 1. | At least all research surveys at sea listed in Table 10 shall be carried out, unless a review of surveys leads to the conclusion that a survey is no longer appropriate for informing stock assessment and fisheries management. Based on the same scientific review criteria, new surveys can be added to this table. |
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1.

| 2. | Member States shall set out, as part of the work plans defined in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, the research surveys at sea to be carried out and shall be responsible for these surveys. |
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2.

| 3. | Member States' respective contribution to international research surveys shall be coordinated within the same marine region. |
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3.

| 4. | Member States shall guarantee within their national work plans continuity with previous survey designs. |
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4.

CHAPTER V

Thresholds

| 1. | This Chapter shall apply to Union fisheries. |
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1.

| 2. | No biological data need to be collected if, for a certain fish stock or species:






  (a) | a Member State's share of the related total allowable catch (TAC) is less than 10 % of the total of the Union; or |
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2.

(a)

a Member State's share of the related total allowable catch (TAC) is less than 10 % of the total of the Union; or

| (b) | in case no TAC is fixed, the total landings of a Member State of a stock or species are less than 10 % of the average total EU landings in the previous 3 years; or |
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(b)

in case no TAC is fixed, the total landings of a Member State of a stock or species are less than 10 % of the average total EU landings in the previous 3 years; or

| (c) | the total annual landings of a Member State of a species is less than 200 tonnes. For species with a specific management need, a lower threshold may be defined at marine region level. |
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(c)

the total annual landings of a Member State of a species is less than 200 tonnes. For species with a specific management need, a lower threshold may be defined at marine region level.

When the sum of the relevant quotas of several Member States, whose share of a TAC is less than 10 %, is higher than 25 % of the share of the TAC for a certain stock, the 10 % threshold referred to under (a) shall not apply and Member States shall ensure task-sharing at regional level in order to ensure that the stock is covered by sampling in concordance with end-user needs.

No threshold shall apply to large pelagic species and anadromous and catadromous species.

| 3. | Without prejudice to more specific provisions relating to international obligations under RFMOs, no biological data need to be collected if, for a certain internationally exploited fish stock other than stocks of large pelagic or highly migratory species, the Union's share is less than 10 %. |
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3.

| 4. | Member States shall provide catch estimates from existing recreational fishery surveys, including those carried out under the data collection framework or from an additional pilot study, within two years from the date on which this Decision takes effect. These surveys shall allow assessment of the share of catches from recreational fisheries in relation to commercial catches for all species in a marine region for which recreational catch estimates are required under this multiannual Union programme. The subsequent design and extent of national surveys of recreational fisheries, including any thresholds for data collection, shall be coordinated at marine region level and shall be based on end-user needs.
  No threshold shall apply to recreational catches of fish stocks which are subject to recovery or multiannual management plans such as those applying to large pelagic species and highly migratory species. |
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4.

No threshold shall apply to recreational catches of fish stocks which are subject to recovery or multiannual management plans such as those applying to large pelagic species and highly migratory species.

| 5. | No social and economic data on aquaculture need to be collected if the total production of the Member State is less than 1 % of the total Union production volume and value. No data need to be collected on aquaculture for species accounting for less than 10 % of the Member State's aquaculture production by volume and value. Additionally, Member States with a total production of less than 2,5 % of the total Union aquaculture production volume and value may define a simplified methodology such as pilot studies with a view to extrapolate the data required for species accounting for more than 10 % of the Member States' aquaculture production by volume and value.
  The reference data shall be the Member States' latest submission under Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10) and the corresponding data published by Eurostat. |
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5.

The reference data shall be the Member States' latest submission under Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10) and the corresponding data published by Eurostat.

| 6. | No environmental data on aquaculture need to be collected where the total aquaculture production of the Member State is less than 2,5 % of the total Union aquaculture production volume and value.
  The reference data shall be the Member States' latest submission under Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and corresponding data published by Eurostat. |
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6.

The reference data shall be the Member States' latest submission under Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and corresponding data published by Eurostat.

| 7. | A Member State's participation (physical or financial) in research surveys at sea listed in Table 10 is not mandatory when its share of a Union TAC of the survey target species is below a threshold of 3 %. Where no TAC is set, a Member State's participation (physical or financial) in research surveys at sea is not mandatory when its share of the total Union landings of the preceding 3 years of a stock or species is below a threshold of 3 %. Thresholds for multispecies and ecosystem surveys may be defined at marine region level. |
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7.

| 8. | Notwithstanding points 2 to 7, within the same marine region, Member States may agree on alternative thresholds. |
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8.

BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1A

Stocks in Union waters

| Species (common name) | Species (scientific name) | Area (ICES (11), IBSFC (12) or FAO (13) area code) where the stock is located/stock code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| East Arctic, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | I, II |
| Tusk | Brosme brosme | I, II |
| Atlanto-Scandian herring | Clupea harengus | I, II, |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | I, II |
| Capelin | Mallotus villosus | I, II |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | I, II |
| Blue whiting | Micromesistius poutassou | I-II |
| Northern shrimp | Pandalus borealis | I, II |
| Saithe | Pollachius virens | I, II |
| Greenland halibut | Reinhardtius hippoglossoides | I, II |
| Salmon | Salmo salar | I, II |
| Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | II, |
| Golden redfish | Sebastes marinus. | I, II |
| Deep sea redfish | Sebastes mentella. | I, II |
| Horse mackerel | Trachurus trachurus | IIa, |
| Skagerrak and Kattegat |
| Sand eel | Ammodytidae | IIIa |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | IIIa |
| Herring | Clupea harengus | IIIa/22-24, IIIa |
| Roundnose grenadier | Coryphaenoides rupestris | IIIa |
| Grey gurnard | Eutrigla gurnardus | IIIa |
| Red gurnard | Aspitrigla cuculus | IIIa, |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | IIIaN |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | IIIaS |
| Witch flounder | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | IIIa |
| Dab | Limanda limanda | IIIa |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | IIIa |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | IIIa |
| Hake | Merluccius merluccius | IIIa, |
| Blue whiting | Micromesistius poutassou | IIIa |
| Norway lobster | Nephrops norvegicus | Functional unit |
| Northern shrimp | Pandalus borealis | IIIa |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | IIIa |
| Saithe | Pollachius virens | IIIa |
| Salmon | Salmo salar | IIIa |
| Turbot | Psetta maxima | IIIa |
| Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | IIIa |
| Brill | Scophthalmus rhombus | IIIa |
| Sole | Solea solea | IIIa |
| Sprat | Sprattus sprattus | IIIa |
| Norway pout | Trisopterus esmarki | IIIa |
| All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14) | Selachii, Rajidae | IIIa |
| Baltic Sea — |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | 22-32 |
| Herring | Clupea harengus | 22-24/25-29, 32/30/31/Gulf of Riga |
| Common whitefish/houting | Coregonus lavaretus | IIId |
| Vendace | Coregonus albula | 22-32 |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | 22-24/25-32 |
| Dab | Limanda limanda | 22-32 |
| Perch | Perca fluviatilis | IIId |
| Flounder | Platichthys flesus | 22-32 |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | 22-32 |
| Turbot | Psetta maxima | 22-32 |
| Salmon | Salmo salar | 22-31/32 |
| Sea trout | Salmo trutta | 22-32 |
| Pike-perch | Sander lucioperca | IIId |
| Brill | Scophthalmus rhombus | 22-32 |
| Sole | Solea solea | 22 |
| Sprat | Sprattus sprattus | 22-32 |
| North Sea and Eastern Channel |
| Sand eel | Ammodytidae | IV |
| Catfish | Anarhichas spp. | IV |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | IV, VIId |
| Argentine | Argentina spp. | IV |
| Grey gurnard | Eutrigla gurnardus | IV |
| Tusk | Brosme brosme | IV |
| Herring | Clupea harengus | IV, VIId |
| Common shrimp | Crangon crangon | IV, VIId |
| Sea bass | Dicentrarchus labrax | IV, VIId |
| Grey gurnard | Eutrigla gurnardus | IV |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | IV, VIId |
| Witch flounder | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | IV |
| Blue-mouth rockfish | Helicolenus dactylopterus | IV |
| Four-spot megrim | Lepidorhombus boscii | IV, VIId |
| Megrim | Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | IV, VIId |
| Dab | Limanda limanda | IV, VIId |
| Black-bellied angler | Lophius budegassa | IV, VIId |
| Anglerfish | Lophius piscatorius | IV |
| Roughhead grenadier | Macrourus berglax | IV |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | IV |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | IV, VIId |
| Hake | Merluccius merluccius | IV VII |
| Blue whiting | Micromesistius poutassou | IV, VIId |
| Lemon sole | Microstomus kitt | IV, VIId |
| Blue ling | Molva dypterygia | IV |
| Ling | Molva molva | IV |
| Red mullet | Mullus barbatus | IV, VIId |
| Striped red mullet | Mullus surmuletus | IV, VIId |
| Norway lobster | Nephrops norvegicus | all functional units |
| Northern shrimp | Pandalus borealis | IVa East/IVa/IV |
| Common scallop | Pecten maximus | VIId |
| Greater forkbeard | Phycis blennoides | IV |
| Forkbeard | Phycis phycis | IV |
| Flounder | Platichthys flesus | IV |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | IV |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | VIId |
| Saithe | Pollachius virens | IV |
| Turbot | Psetta maxima | IV, VIId |
| Greenland halibut | Reinhardtius hippoglossoides | IV |
| Salmon | Salmo salar | IV, VIId |
| Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | IV, VIId |
| Brill | Scophthalmus rhombus | IV, VIId |
| Redfish | Sebastes mentella. | IV |
| Sole | Solea solea | IV |
| Sole | Solea solea | VIId |
| Sprat | Sprattus sprattus | IV/VIId |
| Horse mackerel | Trachurus trachurus | IV, VIId |
| Tub gurnard | Trigla lucerna | IV |
| Norway pout | Trisopterus esmarki | IV |
| John Dory | Zeus faber | IV, VIId |
| All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14) | Selachii, Rajidae | IV, VIId |
| North-East Atlantic and Western Channel |
| Smoothhead | Alepocephalus bairdii | VI, XII |
| Sand eel | Ammodytidae | VIa |
| Boarfish | Capros aper | V, VI,VII |
| Scallop | Pecten maximus | IV, VI, VII |
| Queen scallop | Aequipecten opercularis | VII |
| Spider crab | Maja squinado | V, VI,VII |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | all areas |
| Scabbardfish | Aphanopus spp. | all areas |
| Argentine | Argentina spp. | all areas |
| Meagre | Argyrosomus regius | all areas |
| Red gurnard | Aspitrigla cuculus | all areas |
| Alfonsinos | Beryx spp. | all areas, excluding X and IXa |
| Alfonsinos | Beryx spp. | IXa and X |
| Edible crab | Cancer pagurus | all areas |
| Herring | Clupea harengus | VIa/VIaN/
  VIa S, VIIbc/VIIa/VIIj |
| Conger | Conger conger | all areas, excluding X |
| Conger | Conger conger | X |
| Roundnose grenadier | Coryphaenoides rupestris | all areas |
| Kitefin shark | Dalatias licha | All areas |
| Common stingray | Dasyatis pastinaca | VII, VIII |
| Birdbeak dogfish | Deania calcea | V, VI, VII, IX, X, XII |
| Sea bass | Dicentrarchus labrax | all areas, excluding IX |
| Sea bass | Dicentrarchus labrax | IX |
| Wedge sole | Dicologlossa cuneata | VIIIc, IX |
| Anchovy | Engraulis encrasicolus | IXa (only Cádiz) |
| Anchovy | Engraulis encrasicolus | VIII |
| Velvet belly | Etmopterus spinax | VI, VII, VIII |
| Grey gurnard | Eutrigla gurnardus | VIId,e |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | Va/Vb/VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIe-k |
| Witch | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | VI, VII |
| Bluemouth rockfish | Helicolenus dactylopterus | all areas |
| Lobster | Homarus gammarus | all areas |
| Orange roughy | Hoplostethus atlanticus | all areas |
| Silver scabbardfish | Lepidopus caudatus | IXa |
| Four-spot megrim | Lepidorhombus boscii | VIIIc, IXa |
| Megrim | Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis | VI/VII, VIIIabd/VIIIc, IXa |
| Dab | Limanda limanda | VIIe/VIIa,f-h |
| Common squid | Loligo vulgaris | all areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa |
| Common squid | Loligo vulgaris | VIIIc, IXa |
| Black-bellied angler | Lophius budegassa | IV, VI/VIIb-k, VIIIabd |
| Black-bellied angler | Lophius budegassa | VIIIc, IXa |
| Anglerfish | Lophius piscatorious | IV, VI/VIIb-k, VIIIabd |
| Anglerfish | Lophius piscatorious | VIIIc, IXa |
| Capelin | Mallotus villosus | XIV |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | Va/Vb |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIb-k |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | VIII/IX, X |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | Vb/VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIe-k |
| Hake | Merluccius merluccius | IIIa, IV, VI, VII, VIIIab/VIIIc, IXa |
| Wedge sole | Microchirus variegatus | all areas |
| Blue whiting | Micromesistius poutassou | I-IX, XII, XIV |
| Lemon sole | Microstomus kitt | all areas |
| Blue ling | Molva dypterygia | all areas, excluding X |
| Spanish ling | Molva macrophthalma | X |
| Ling | Molva molva | all areas |
| Striped red mullet | Mullus surmuletus | all areas |
| Starry smooth-hound | Mustelus asterias | VI, VII, VIII, IX |
| Smooth-hound | Mustelus mustelus | VI, VII, VIII, IX |
| Blackspotted smooth-hound | Mustelus punctulatus | VI, VII, VIII, IX |
| Norway lobster | Nephrops norvegicus | VI Fuctional unit |
| Norway lobster | Nephrops norvegicus | VII Functional unit |
| Norway lobster | Nephrops norvegicus | VIII, IX Functional unit |
| Common octopus | Octopus vulgaris | all areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa |
| Common octopus | Octopus vulgaris | VIIIc, IXa |
| Blackspot sea bream | Pagellus bogaraveo | IXa, X |
| Pandalid shrimps | Pandalus spp. | all areas |
| Deepwater rose shrimp | Parapenaeus longirostris | IXa |
| Greater forkbeard | Phycis blennoides | all areas |
| Forkbeard | Phycis phycis | all areas |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | VIIa/VIIe/VIIfg |
| Plaice | Pleuronectes platessa | VIIbc/VIIh-k/VIII, IX, X |
| Pollack | Pollachius pollachius | all areas except IX, X |
| Pollack | Pollachius pollachius | IX, X |
| Saithe | Pollachius virens | Va/Vb/IV, IIIa, VI |
| Saithe | Pollachius virens | VII, VIII |
| Wreckfish | Polyprion americanus | X |
| Turbot | Psetta maxima | all areas |
| Greenland halibut | Reinhardtius hippoglossoides | V, XIV/VI |
| Atlantic halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | V, XIV |
| Salmon | Salmo salar | all areas |
| Sardine | Sardina pilchardus | VIIIabd/VIIIc, IXa |
| Spanish mackerel | Scomber colias | VIII, IX, X |
| Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | II, IIIa, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX |
| Brill | Scophthalmus rhombus | all areas |
| Golden redfish | Sebastes marinus | ICES sub-areas V, VI, XII, XIV & NAFO SA 2 + (Div. 1F + 3K). |
| Deep sea redfish | Sebastes mentella | ICES sub-areas V, VI, XII, XIV & NAFO SA 2 + (Div. 1F + 3K) |
| Cuttlefish | Sepia officinalis | all areas |
| Sole | Solea solea | VIIa/VIIfg |
| Sole | Solea solea | VIIbc/VIIhjk/IXa/VIIIc |
| Sole | Solea solea | VIIe |
| Sole | Solea solea | VIIIab |
| Sea breams (in plural) | Sparidae | all areas |
| Mediterranean horse mackerel | Trachurus mediterraneus | VIII, IX |
| Blue jack mackerel | Trachurus picturatus | VIII, IX, X |
| Horse mackerel | Trachurus trachurus | IIa, IVa, Vb, VIa, VIIa-c, e-k, VIIIabde/X |
| Horse mackerel | Trachurus trachurus | VIIIc, IXa |
| Pouting | Trisopterus spp. | all areas |
| John Dory | Zeus faber | all areas |
| All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14) | Selachii, Rajidae | IV, VIId |
| Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | all areas in the Med |
| Giant red shrimp | Aristeomorpha foliacea | all areas in the Med |
| Red shrimp | Aristeus antennatus | all areas in the Med |
| Bogue | Boops boops | 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2 |
| Dolphinfish | Coryphaena equiselis | all areas in the Med |
| Dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus | all areas in the Med |
| Sea bass | Dicentrarchus labrax | all areas in the Med |
| Horned/curled octopus | Eledone cirrhosa | 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 |
| Musky octopus | Eledone moschata | 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 |
| Anchovy | Engraulis encrasicolus | all areas in the Med |
| Anchovy | Engraulis encrasicolus | Black Sea GSA 29 |
| Grey gurnard | Eutrigla gurnardus | 2.2, 3.1 |
| Squid | Illex spp., Todarodes spp. | all areas in the Med |
| Billfish | Istiophoridae | all areas in the Med |
| Common squid | Loligo vulgaris | all areas in the Med |
| Black-bellied angler | Lophius budegassa | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1 |
| Anglerfish | Lophius piscatorius | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1 |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | Black Sea GSA 29 |
| Hake | Merluccius merluccius | all areas in the Med |
| Blue whiting | Micromesistius poutassou | 1.1, 3.1 |
| Grey mullets | Mugilidae | 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 |
| Red mullet | Mullus barbatus | all areas in the Med |
| Red mullet | Mullus barbatus | Black Sea GSA 29 |
| Striped red mullet | Mullus surmuletus | all areas in the Med |
| Common octopus | Octopus vulgaris | all areas in the Med |
| Norway lobster | Nephrops norvegicus | all areas in the Med |
| Pandora | Pagellus erythrinus | all areas in the Med |
| Deepwater rose shrimp | Parapenaeus longirostris | all areas in the Med |
| Caramote prawn | Penaeus kerathurus | 3.1 |
| Turbot | Psetta maxima | Black Sea GSA 29 |
| Sardine | Sardina pilchardus | all areas in the Med |
| Mackerel | Scomber spp. | all areas in the Med |
| Cuttlefish | Sepia officinalis | all areas in the Med |
| Sole | Solea vulgaris | 1.2, 2.1, 3.1 |
| Gilthead sea bream | Sparus aurata | 1.2, 3.1 |
| Picarels | Spicara smaris | 2.1, 3.1, 3.2 |
| Sprat | Sprattus sprattus | Black Sea GSA 29 |
| Mantis shrimp | Squilla mantis | 1.3, 2.1, 2.2 |
| Mediterranean horse mackerel | Trachurus mediterraneus | All areas in the Med |
| Mediterranean horse mackerel | Trachurus mediterraneus | Black Sea GSA 29 |
| Horse mackerel | Trachurus trachurus | all areas in the Med |
| Horse mackerel | Trachurus trachurus | Black Sea GSA 29 |
| Tub gurnard | Trigla lucerna | 1.3, 2.2, 3.1 |
| Clam | Veneridae | 2.1, 2.2 |
| Transparent gobid | Aphia minuta | GSA 9,10,16 and 19 |
| Sand smelt | Atherina spp. | GSA 9,10,16 and 19 |
| Poor cod | Trisopterus minutus | All regions |
| All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14) | Selachii, Rajidae | All regions |

Species (common name)

Species (scientific name)

Area (ICES (11), IBSFC (12) or FAO (13) area code) where the stock is located/stock code

East Arctic, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

I, II

Tusk

Brosme brosme

I, II

Atlanto-Scandian herring

Clupea harengus

I, II,

Cod

Gadus morhua

I, II

Capelin

Mallotus villosus

I, II

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

I, II

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

I-II

Northern shrimp

Pandalus borealis

I, II

Saithe

Pollachius virens

I, II

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

I, II

Salmon

Salmo salar

I, II

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

II,

Golden redfish

Sebastes marinus.

I, II

Deep sea redfish

Sebastes mentella.

I, II

Horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

IIa,

Skagerrak and Kattegat

Sand eel

Ammodytidae

IIIa

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

IIIa

Herring

Clupea harengus

IIIa/22-24, IIIa

Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

IIIa

Grey gurnard

Eutrigla gurnardus

IIIa

Red gurnard

Aspitrigla cuculus

IIIa,

Cod

Gadus morhua

IIIaN

Cod

Gadus morhua

IIIaS

Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

IIIa

Dab

Limanda limanda

IIIa

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

IIIa

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

IIIa

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

IIIa,

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

IIIa

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

Functional unit

Northern shrimp

Pandalus borealis

IIIa

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

IIIa

Saithe

Pollachius virens

IIIa

Salmon

Salmo salar

IIIa

Turbot

Psetta maxima

IIIa

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

IIIa

Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

IIIa

Sole

Solea solea

IIIa

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

IIIa

Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarki

IIIa

All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)

Selachii, Rajidae

IIIa

Baltic Sea —

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

22-32

Herring

Clupea harengus

22-24/25-29, 32/30/31/Gulf of Riga

Common whitefish/houting

Coregonus lavaretus

IIId

Vendace

Coregonus albula

22-32

Cod

Gadus morhua

22-24/25-32

Dab

Limanda limanda

22-32

Perch

Perca fluviatilis

IIId

Flounder

Platichthys flesus

22-32

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

22-32

Turbot

Psetta maxima

22-32

Salmon

Salmo salar

22-31/32

Sea trout

Salmo trutta

22-32

Pike-perch

Sander lucioperca

IIId

Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

22-32

Sole

Solea solea

22

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

22-32

North Sea and Eastern Channel

Sand eel

Ammodytidae

IV

Catfish

Anarhichas spp.

IV

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

IV, VIId

Argentine

Argentina spp.

IV

Grey gurnard

Eutrigla gurnardus

IV

Tusk

Brosme brosme

IV

Herring

Clupea harengus

IV, VIId

Common shrimp

Crangon crangon

IV, VIId

Sea bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

IV, VIId

Grey gurnard

Eutrigla gurnardus

IV

Cod

Gadus morhua

IV, VIId

Witch flounder

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

IV

Blue-mouth rockfish

Helicolenus dactylopterus

IV

Four-spot megrim

Lepidorhombus boscii

IV, VIId

Megrim

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis

IV, VIId

Dab

Limanda limanda

IV, VIId

Black-bellied angler

Lophius budegassa

IV, VIId

Anglerfish

Lophius piscatorius

IV

Roughhead grenadier

Macrourus berglax

IV

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

IV

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

IV, VIId

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

IV VII

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

IV, VIId

Lemon sole

Microstomus kitt

IV, VIId

Blue ling

Molva dypterygia

IV

Ling

Molva molva

IV

Red mullet

Mullus barbatus

IV, VIId

Striped red mullet

Mullus surmuletus

IV, VIId

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

all functional units

Northern shrimp

Pandalus borealis

IVa East/IVa/IV

Common scallop

Pecten maximus

VIId

Greater forkbeard

Phycis blennoides

IV

Forkbeard

Phycis phycis

IV

Flounder

Platichthys flesus

IV

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

IV

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

VIId

Saithe

Pollachius virens

IV

Turbot

Psetta maxima

IV, VIId

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

IV

Salmon

Salmo salar

IV, VIId

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

IV, VIId

Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

IV, VIId

Redfish

Sebastes mentella.

IV

Sole

Solea solea

IV

Sole

Solea solea

VIId

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

IV/VIId

Horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

IV, VIId

Tub gurnard

Trigla lucerna

IV

Norway pout

Trisopterus esmarki

IV

John Dory

Zeus faber

IV, VIId

All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)

Selachii, Rajidae

IV, VIId

North-East Atlantic and Western Channel

Smoothhead

Alepocephalus bairdii

VI, XII

Sand eel

Ammodytidae

VIa

Boarfish

Capros aper

V, VI,VII

Scallop

Pecten maximus

IV, VI, VII

Queen scallop

Aequipecten opercularis

VII

Spider crab

Maja squinado

V, VI,VII

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

all areas

Scabbardfish

Aphanopus spp.

all areas

Argentine

Argentina spp.

all areas

Meagre

Argyrosomus regius

all areas

Red gurnard

Aspitrigla cuculus

all areas

Alfonsinos

Beryx spp.

all areas, excluding X and IXa

Alfonsinos

Beryx spp.

IXa and X

Edible crab

Cancer pagurus

all areas

Herring

Clupea harengus

VIa/VIaN/

VIa S, VIIbc/VIIa/VIIj

Conger

Conger conger

all areas, excluding X

Conger

Conger conger

X

Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

all areas

Kitefin shark

Dalatias licha

All areas

Common stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca

VII, VIII

Birdbeak dogfish

Deania calcea

V, VI, VII, IX, X, XII

Sea bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

all areas, excluding IX

Sea bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

IX

Wedge sole

Dicologlossa cuneata

VIIIc, IX

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

IXa (only Cádiz)

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

VIII

Velvet belly

Etmopterus spinax

VI, VII, VIII

Grey gurnard

Eutrigla gurnardus

VIId,e

Cod

Gadus morhua

Va/Vb/VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIe-k

Witch

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

VI, VII

Bluemouth rockfish

Helicolenus dactylopterus

all areas

Lobster

Homarus gammarus

all areas

Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus

all areas

Silver scabbardfish

Lepidopus caudatus

IXa

Four-spot megrim

Lepidorhombus boscii

VIIIc, IXa

Megrim

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis

VI/VII, VIIIabd/VIIIc, IXa

Dab

Limanda limanda

VIIe/VIIa,f-h

Common squid

Loligo vulgaris

all areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa

Common squid

Loligo vulgaris

VIIIc, IXa

Black-bellied angler

Lophius budegassa

IV, VI/VIIb-k, VIIIabd

Black-bellied angler

Lophius budegassa

VIIIc, IXa

Anglerfish

Lophius piscatorious

IV, VI/VIIb-k, VIIIabd

Anglerfish

Lophius piscatorious

VIIIc, IXa

Capelin

Mallotus villosus

XIV

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Va/Vb

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIb-k

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

VIII/IX, X

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Vb/VIa/VIb/VIIa/VIIe-k

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

IIIa, IV, VI, VII, VIIIab/VIIIc, IXa

Wedge sole

Microchirus variegatus

all areas

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

I-IX, XII, XIV

Lemon sole

Microstomus kitt

all areas

Blue ling

Molva dypterygia

all areas, excluding X

Spanish ling

Molva macrophthalma

X

Ling

Molva molva

all areas

Striped red mullet

Mullus surmuletus

all areas

Starry smooth-hound

Mustelus asterias

VI, VII, VIII, IX

Smooth-hound

Mustelus mustelus

VI, VII, VIII, IX

Blackspotted smooth-hound

Mustelus punctulatus

VI, VII, VIII, IX

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

VI Fuctional unit

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

VII Functional unit

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

VIII, IX Functional unit

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

all areas, excluding VIIIc, IXa

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

VIIIc, IXa

Blackspot sea bream

Pagellus bogaraveo

IXa, X

Pandalid shrimps

Pandalus spp.

all areas

Deepwater rose shrimp

Parapenaeus longirostris

IXa

Greater forkbeard

Phycis blennoides

all areas

Forkbeard

Phycis phycis

all areas

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

VIIa/VIIe/VIIfg

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

VIIbc/VIIh-k/VIII, IX, X

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

all areas except IX, X

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

IX, X

Saithe

Pollachius virens

Va/Vb/IV, IIIa, VI

Saithe

Pollachius virens

VII, VIII

Wreckfish

Polyprion americanus

X

Turbot

Psetta maxima

all areas

Greenland halibut

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

V, XIV/VI

Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

V, XIV

Salmon

Salmo salar

all areas

Sardine

Sardina pilchardus

VIIIabd/VIIIc, IXa

Spanish mackerel

Scomber colias

VIII, IX, X

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

II, IIIa, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX

Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

all areas

Golden redfish

Sebastes marinus

ICES sub-areas V, VI, XII, XIV & NAFO SA 2 + (Div. 1F + 3K).

Deep sea redfish

Sebastes mentella

ICES sub-areas V, VI, XII, XIV & NAFO SA 2 + (Div. 1F + 3K)

Cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

all areas

Sole

Solea solea

VIIa/VIIfg

Sole

Solea solea

VIIbc/VIIhjk/IXa/VIIIc

Sole

Solea solea

VIIe

Sole

Solea solea

VIIIab

Sea breams (in plural)

Sparidae

all areas

Mediterranean horse mackerel

Trachurus mediterraneus

VIII, IX

Blue jack mackerel

Trachurus picturatus

VIII, IX, X

Horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

IIa, IVa, Vb, VIa, VIIa-c, e-k, VIIIabde/X

Horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

VIIIc, IXa

Pouting

Trisopterus spp.

all areas

John Dory

Zeus faber

all areas

All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)

Selachii, Rajidae

IV, VIId

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

all areas in the Med

Giant red shrimp

Aristeomorpha foliacea

all areas in the Med

Red shrimp

Aristeus antennatus

all areas in the Med

Bogue

Boops boops

1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2

Dolphinfish

Coryphaena equiselis

all areas in the Med

Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

all areas in the Med

Sea bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

all areas in the Med

Horned/curled octopus

Eledone cirrhosa

1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

Musky octopus

Eledone moschata

1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

all areas in the Med

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Black Sea GSA 29

Grey gurnard

Eutrigla gurnardus

2.2, 3.1

Squid

Illex spp., Todarodes spp.

all areas in the Med

Billfish

Istiophoridae

all areas in the Med

Common squid

Loligo vulgaris

all areas in the Med

Black-bellied angler

Lophius budegassa

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1

Anglerfish

Lophius piscatorius

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.1

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Black Sea GSA 29

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

all areas in the Med

Blue whiting

Micromesistius poutassou

1.1, 3.1

Grey mullets

Mugilidae

1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

Red mullet

Mullus barbatus

all areas in the Med

Red mullet

Mullus barbatus

Black Sea GSA 29

Striped red mullet

Mullus surmuletus

all areas in the Med

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

all areas in the Med

Norway lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

all areas in the Med

Pandora

Pagellus erythrinus

all areas in the Med

Deepwater rose shrimp

Parapenaeus longirostris

all areas in the Med

Caramote prawn

Penaeus kerathurus

3.1

Turbot

Psetta maxima

Black Sea GSA 29

Sardine

Sardina pilchardus

all areas in the Med

Mackerel

Scomber spp.

all areas in the Med

Cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

all areas in the Med

Sole

Solea vulgaris

1.2, 2.1, 3.1

Gilthead sea bream

Sparus aurata

1.2, 3.1

Picarels

Spicara smaris

2.1, 3.1, 3.2

Sprat

Sprattus sprattus

Black Sea GSA 29

Mantis shrimp

Squilla mantis

1.3, 2.1, 2.2

Mediterranean horse mackerel

Trachurus mediterraneus

All areas in the Med

Mediterranean horse mackerel

Trachurus mediterraneus

Black Sea GSA 29

Horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

all areas in the Med

Horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus

Black Sea GSA 29

Tub gurnard

Trigla lucerna

1.3, 2.2, 3.1

Clam

Veneridae

2.1, 2.2

Transparent gobid

Aphia minuta

GSA 9,10,16 and 19

Sand smelt

Atherina spp.

GSA 9,10,16 and 19

Poor cod

Trisopterus minutus

All regions

All commercial sharks, rays & skates (14)

Selachii, Rajidae

All regions

BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1B

Stocks of outermost regions of the Union

| Species (common name) | Species (scientific name) |
| --- | --- |
| French Guyana |
| Red snapper | Lutjanus purpureus |
| Prawns | Farfantepenaeus subtilis |
| Acoupa weakfish | Cynoscion acoupa |
| Smalltooth weakfish | Cynoscion steindachneri |
| Green weakfish | Cynoscion virescens |
| Sea catfishes | Ariidae |
| Tripletail | Lobotes surinamensis |
| Torroto grunt | Genyatremus luteus |
| Snooks | Centropomus spp. |
| Groupers | Serranidae |
| Mullets | Mugil spp. |
| Guadeloupe and Martinique |
| Snappers | Lutjanidae |
| Grunters | Haemulidae |
| Groupers | Serranidae |
| Lion fish | Pterois volitans |
| Tuna-like fish | Scombridae |
| Blue marlin | Makaira nigricans |
| Dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus |
| Réunion and Mayotte |
| Snappers | Lutjanidae |
| Groupers | Serranidae |
| Tuna-like fish | Scombridae |
| Swordfish | Xiphias gladius |
| Other bill fishes | Istiophoridae |
| Dolphinfish | Coryphaena hippurus |
| Bigeye scad | Selar crumenophthalmus |
| Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands |
| Atlantic chub mackerel | Scomber colias |
| Sardinella | Sardinella maderensis |
| Horse mackerel | Trachurus spp. |
| Sardine | Sardina pilchardus |
| Parrotfish | Sparisoma cretense |
| Limpets | Patellidae |

Species (common name)

Species (scientific name)

French Guyana

Red snapper

Lutjanus purpureus

Prawns

Farfantepenaeus subtilis

Acoupa weakfish

Cynoscion acoupa

Smalltooth weakfish

Cynoscion steindachneri

Green weakfish

Cynoscion virescens

Sea catfishes

Ariidae

Tripletail

Lobotes surinamensis

Torroto grunt

Genyatremus luteus

Snooks

Centropomus spp.

Groupers

Serranidae

Mullets

Mugil spp.

Guadeloupe and Martinique

Snappers

Lutjanidae

Grunters

Haemulidae

Groupers

Serranidae

Lion fish

Pterois volitans

Tuna-like fish

Scombridae

Blue marlin

Makaira nigricans

Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

Réunion and Mayotte

Snappers

Lutjanidae

Groupers

Serranidae

Tuna-like fish

Scombridae

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Other bill fishes

Istiophoridae

Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

Bigeye scad

Selar crumenophthalmus

Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands

Atlantic chub mackerel

Scomber colias

Sardinella

Sardinella maderensis

Horse mackerel

Trachurus spp.

Sardine

Sardina pilchardus

Parrotfish

Sparisoma cretense

Limpets

Patellidae

BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1C

Stocks in marine regions under regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOS) and Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreements (SFPAS)

IATTC (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or regional fisheries organisations (RFOs), shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Thunnus albacares | Yellowfin tuna | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Thunnus obesus | Bigeye tuna | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | Skipjack tuna | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Thunnus alalunga | Albacore tuna | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Thunnus orientalis | Pacific bluefin tuna | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Xiphias gladius | Swordfish | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Makaira nigricans (or mazara) | Blue marlin | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Makaira indica | Black marlin | East Pacific Ocean | High |
| Tetrapturus audax | Striped marlin | East Pacific Ocean | High |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or regional fisheries organisations (RFOs), shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Thunnus albacares

Yellowfin tuna

East Pacific Ocean

High

Thunnus obesus

Bigeye tuna

East Pacific Ocean

High

Katsuwonus pelamis

Skipjack tuna

East Pacific Ocean

High

Thunnus alalunga

Albacore tuna

East Pacific Ocean

High

Thunnus orientalis

Pacific bluefin tuna

East Pacific Ocean

High

Xiphias gladius

Swordfish

East Pacific Ocean

High

Makaira nigricans (or mazara)

Blue marlin

East Pacific Ocean

High

Makaira indica

Black marlin

East Pacific Ocean

High

Tetrapturus audax

Striped marlin

East Pacific Ocean

High

ICCAT (The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Thunnus albacares | Yellowfin tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Thunnus obesus | Bigeye tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | Skipjack tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Thunnus alalunga | Albacore tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Thunnus thynnus | Bluefin tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Xiphias gladius | Swordfish | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Makaira nigricans (or mazara) | Blue marlin | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Istiophorus albicans | Sailfish | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Tetrapturus albidus | White marlin | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Prionace glauca | Blue shark | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Auxis rochei | Bullet tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Sarda sarda | Atlantic bonito | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | High |
| Euthynnus alleteratus | Atlantic back skipjack | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Thunnus atlanticus | Blackfin tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Orcynopsis unicolor | Plain bonito | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Scomberomorus brasiliensis | Serra Spanish mackerel | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Scomberomorus regalis | Cero | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Auxis thazard | Frigate tuna | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Scomberomorus cavalla | King mackerel | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Scomberomorus tritor | West African Spanish mackerel | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Scomberomorus maculatus | Atlantic Spanish mackerel | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Acanthocybium solandri | Wahoo | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |
| Coryphaena hippurus | Dolphinfish | Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas | Medium |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Thunnus albacares

Yellowfin tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Thunnus obesus

Bigeye tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Katsuwonus pelamis

Skipjack tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Thunnus alalunga

Albacore tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Thunnus thynnus

Bluefin tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Xiphias gladius

Swordfish

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Makaira nigricans (or mazara)

Blue marlin

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Istiophorus albicans

Sailfish

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Tetrapturus albidus

White marlin

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Prionace glauca

Blue shark

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Auxis rochei

Bullet tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Sarda sarda

Atlantic bonito

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

High

Euthynnus alleteratus

Atlantic back skipjack

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Thunnus atlanticus

Blackfin tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Orcynopsis unicolor

Plain bonito

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Scomberomorus brasiliensis

Serra Spanish mackerel

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Scomberomorus regalis

Cero

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Auxis thazard

Frigate tuna

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Scomberomorus cavalla

King mackerel

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Scomberomorus tritor

West African Spanish mackerel

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Scomberomorus maculatus

Atlantic Spanish mackerel

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Acanthocybium solandri

Wahoo

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

Coryphaena hippurus

Dolphinfish

Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas

Medium

NAFO (North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Stocks as defined by the RFMO | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Gadus morhua | Cod | NAFO 2J 3KL | Low |
| Gadus morhua | Cod | NAFO 3M | High |
| Gadus morhua | Cod | NAFO 3NO | High |
| Gadus morhua | Cod | NAFO 3Ps | High |
| Gadus morhua | Cod | NAFO SA1 | High |
| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | Witch flounder | NAFO 3NO | High |
| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | Witch flounder | NAFO 2J3KL | Low |
| Hippoglossoides platessoides | American plaice | NAFO 3LNO | High |
| Hippoglossoides platessoides | American plaice | NAFO 3M | High |
| Limanda ferruginea | Yellowtail flounder | NAFO 3LNO | Medium |
| Coryphaenoides rupestris | Roundnose Grenadier | NAFO SA0 + 1 | Low |
| Macrourus berglax | Roughhead grenadier | NAFO SA2 + 3 | High |
| Pandalus borealis | Northern shrimp | NAFO 3LNO | High |
| Pandalus borealis | Northern shrimp | NAFO 3M | High |
| Amblyraja radiata | Thorny skate | NAFO 3LNOPs | High |
| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides | Greenland halibut | NAFO 3KLMNO | High |
| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides | Greenland halibut | NAFO SA1 | High |
| Hippoglossus hippoglossus | Atlantic halibut | NAFO SA1 | Low |
| Sebastes mentella | Redfish | NAFO SA1 | High |
| Sebastes spp. | Redfish | NAFO 3LN | High |
| Sebastes spp. | Redfish | NAFO 3M | High |
| Sebastes spp. | Redfish | NAFO 3O | High |
| Urophycis tenuis | White hake | NAFO 3NO | High |
| Mallotus villosus | Capelin | NAFO 3NO | High |
| Beryx sp. | Alfonsinos | NAFO 6G | High |
| Illex illecebrosus | Shortfin squid | NAFO Subareas 3 + 4 | Low |
| Salmo salar | Salmon | NAFO S1 +  ICES Sub-area XIV, NEAF, NASCO | High | |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Stocks as defined by the RFMO

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Gadus morhua

Cod

NAFO 2J 3KL

Low

Gadus morhua

Cod

NAFO 3M

High

Gadus morhua

Cod

NAFO 3NO

High

Gadus morhua

Cod

NAFO 3Ps

High

Gadus morhua

Cod

NAFO SA1

High

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Witch flounder

NAFO 3NO

High

Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Witch flounder

NAFO 2J3KL

Low

Hippoglossoides platessoides

American plaice

NAFO 3LNO

High

Hippoglossoides platessoides

American plaice

NAFO 3M

High

Limanda ferruginea

Yellowtail flounder

NAFO 3LNO

Medium

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Roundnose Grenadier

NAFO SA0 + 1

Low

Macrourus berglax

Roughhead grenadier

NAFO SA2 + 3

High

Pandalus borealis

Northern shrimp

NAFO 3LNO

High

Pandalus borealis

Northern shrimp

NAFO 3M

High

Amblyraja radiata

Thorny skate

NAFO 3LNOPs

High

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Greenland halibut

NAFO 3KLMNO

High

Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Greenland halibut

NAFO SA1

High

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Atlantic halibut

NAFO SA1

Low

Sebastes mentella

Redfish

NAFO SA1

High

Sebastes spp.

Redfish

NAFO 3LN

High

Sebastes spp.

Redfish

NAFO 3M

High

Sebastes spp.

Redfish

NAFO 3O

High

Urophycis tenuis

White hake

NAFO 3NO

High

Mallotus villosus

Capelin

NAFO 3NO

High

Beryx sp.

Alfonsinos

NAFO 6G

High

Illex illecebrosus

Shortfin squid

NAFO Subareas 3 + 4

Low

Salmo salar

Salmon

NAFO S1 +  ICES Sub-area XIV, NEAF, NASCO

High

FAO marine area 34 — Fisheries Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Brachydeuterus spp. | Grunt | 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Caranx spp. | Jack | 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Cynoglossus spp. | Tongue sole | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Decapterus spp. | Scad | 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Dentex canariensis | Canary dentex | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | medium |
| Dentex congoensis | Congo dentex | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | medium |
| Dentex macrophthalmus | Large-eye dentex | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Dentex maroccanus | Morocco dentex | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | medium |
| Dentex spp. | Dentex | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Engraulis encrasicolus | Anchovy | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Epinephelus aeneus | White grouper | 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Ethmalosa fimbriata | Bonga shad | 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Farfantepenaeus notialis | Southern pink shrimp | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Galeoides decadactylus | Lesser African threadfin | 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Loligo vulgaris | Common squid | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Merluccius polli | Benguela hake | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Merluccius senegalensis | Senegalese hake | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Merluccius spp. | Other hake | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | medium |
| Octopus vulgaris | Common octopus | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Pagellus acarne | axillary sea bream | 34.1.1 | high |
| Pagellus bellottii | Red pandora | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Pagellus bogaraveo | Blackspot sea bream | 34.1.1 | medium |
| Pagellus spp. | Pandora | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Pagrus caeruleostictus | Blue spotted sea bream | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Parapenaeus longirostris | Deepwater rose shrimp | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Pomadasys incisus | Bastard grunt | 34.1.1 | medium |
| Pomadasys spp. | Grunt | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Pseudotolithus spp. | West African croakers | 34.1.1 | high |
| Sardina pilchardus | Sardine | 34.1.1, 34.1.3 | high |
| Sardinella aurita | Round sardinella | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Sardinella maderensis | Short-body sardinella | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Scomber japonicus | Chub mackerel | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Scomber spp. | Other Mackerel | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Sepia hierredda | Cuttlefish | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Sepia officinalis | Common cuttlefish | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Sepia spp. | Cuttlefishes | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | medium |
| Sparidae | Sea bream | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Sparus spp. | Sea bream | 34.1.1 | high |
| Trachurus trachurus | Atlantic horse mackerel | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Trachurus trecae | Cunene horse mackerel | 34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6 | high |
| Umbrina canariensis | Canary drum | 34.3.3-6 | medium |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Brachydeuterus spp.

Grunt

34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Caranx spp.

Jack

34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Cynoglossus spp.

Tongue sole

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Decapterus spp.

Scad

34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Dentex canariensis

Canary dentex

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

medium

Dentex congoensis

Congo dentex

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

medium

Dentex macrophthalmus

Large-eye dentex

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Dentex maroccanus

Morocco dentex

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

medium

Dentex spp.

Dentex

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Engraulis encrasicolus

Anchovy

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Epinephelus aeneus

White grouper

34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Ethmalosa fimbriata

Bonga shad

34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Farfantepenaeus notialis

Southern pink shrimp

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Galeoides decadactylus

Lesser African threadfin

34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Loligo vulgaris

Common squid

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Merluccius polli

Benguela hake

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Merluccius senegalensis

Senegalese hake

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Merluccius spp.

Other hake

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

medium

Octopus vulgaris

Common octopus

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Pagellus acarne

axillary sea bream

34.1.1

high

Pagellus bellottii

Red pandora

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Pagellus bogaraveo

Blackspot sea bream

34.1.1

medium

Pagellus spp.

Pandora

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Pagrus caeruleostictus

Blue spotted sea bream

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Parapenaeus longirostris

Deepwater rose shrimp

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Pomadasys incisus

Bastard grunt

34.1.1

medium

Pomadasys spp.

Grunt

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Pseudotolithus spp.

West African croakers

34.1.1

high

Sardina pilchardus

Sardine

34.1.1, 34.1.3

high

Sardinella aurita

Round sardinella

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Sardinella maderensis

Short-body sardinella

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Scomber japonicus

Chub mackerel

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Scomber spp.

Other Mackerel

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Sepia hierredda

Cuttlefish

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Sepia officinalis

Common cuttlefish

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Sepia spp.

Cuttlefishes

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

medium

Sparidae

Sea bream

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Sparus spp.

Sea bream

34.1.1

high

Trachurus trachurus

Atlantic horse mackerel

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Trachurus trecae

Cunene horse mackerel

34.1.1, 34.1.3, 34.3.1, 34.3.3-6

high

Umbrina canariensis

Canary drum

34.3.3-6

medium

SEAFO (South-East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Dissostichus eleginoides | Patagonian toothfish | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Beryx spp. | Alfonsinos | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Chaceon spp. | Red/Golden crabs | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Pseudopentaceros richardsoni | Pelagic armourhead/Southern boarfish | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Helicolenus spp. | Blackbelly rosefishes | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Hoplostethus atlanticus | Orange roughy | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Trachurus spp. | Horse mackerel | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Scomber spp. | Mackerel | South-East Atlantic | High |
| Polyprion americanus | Wreckfish | South-East Atlantic | Medium |
| Jasus tristani | Tristan rock lobster | South-East Atlantic | Medium |
| Lepidotus caudatus | Silver scabbardfish | South-East Atlantic | Medium |
| Schedophilus ovalis | Imperial blackfish | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Schedophilus velaini | Violet warehou | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Allocyttus verucossus | Oreo dories | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Neocyttus romboidales | | South-East Atlantic | |
| Allocyttus guineensis | | South-East Atlantic | |
| Pseudocyttu smaculatus | | South-East Atlantic | |
| Emmelichthys nitidus | Cape bonnetmouth | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Ruvettus pretiosus | Oilfish | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Promethichthys prometheus | Roudi escolar | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Macrourus spp. | Grenadiers | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Antimora rostrata | Blue antimora | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Epigonus spp. | Cardinal fish | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Merluccius spp. | Hake | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Notopogon fernandezianus | Orange bellowfish | South-East Atlantic | Low |
| Octopodidae and Loliginidae | Octopus and squids | South-East Atlantic | Low | |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Dissostichus eleginoides

Patagonian toothfish

South-East Atlantic

High

Beryx spp.

Alfonsinos

South-East Atlantic

High

Chaceon spp.

Red/Golden crabs

South-East Atlantic

High

Pseudopentaceros richardsoni

Pelagic armourhead/Southern boarfish

South-East Atlantic

High

Helicolenus spp.

Blackbelly rosefishes

South-East Atlantic

High

Hoplostethus atlanticus

Orange roughy

South-East Atlantic

High

Trachurus spp.

Horse mackerel

South-East Atlantic

High

Scomber spp.

Mackerel

South-East Atlantic

High

Polyprion americanus

Wreckfish

South-East Atlantic

Medium

Jasus tristani

Tristan rock lobster

South-East Atlantic

Medium

Lepidotus caudatus

Silver scabbardfish

South-East Atlantic

Medium

Schedophilus ovalis

Imperial blackfish

South-East Atlantic

Low

Schedophilus velaini

Violet warehou

South-East Atlantic

Low

Allocyttus verucossus

Oreo dories

South-East Atlantic

Low

Neocyttus romboidales

South-East Atlantic

Allocyttus guineensis

South-East Atlantic

Pseudocyttu smaculatus

South-East Atlantic

Emmelichthys nitidus

Cape bonnetmouth

South-East Atlantic

Low

Ruvettus pretiosus

Oilfish

South-East Atlantic

Low

Promethichthys prometheus

Roudi escolar

South-East Atlantic

Low

Macrourus spp.

Grenadiers

South-East Atlantic

Low

Antimora rostrata

Blue antimora

South-East Atlantic

Low

Epigonus spp.

Cardinal fish

South-East Atlantic

Low

Merluccius spp.

Hake

South-East Atlantic

Low

Notopogon fernandezianus

Orange bellowfish

South-East Atlantic

Low

Octopodidae and Loliginidae

Octopus and squids

South-East Atlantic

Low

WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Thunnus albacares | Yellowfin tuna | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Thunnus obesus | Bigeye tuna | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | Skipjack tuna | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Thunnus alalunga | Albacore tuna | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Thunnus orientalis | Pacific bluefin tuna | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Xiphias gladius | Swordfish | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Makaira nigricans (or mazara) | Blue marlin | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Makaira indica | Black marlin | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Tetrapturus audax | Striped marlin | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Acanthocybium solandri | Wahoo | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Coryphaena hippurus | Dolphinfish | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Elagatis bipinnulata | Rainbow runner | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Lepidocybium flavobrunneum | Escolar | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Lampris regius | Moonfish (opah) | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Mola mola | Sunfish | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Istiophorus platypterus | Sailfish | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Tetrapturus angustirostris | Spearfish | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Ruvettus pretiosus | Oilfish | West Central Pacific Ocean | Medium |
| Prionace glauca | Blue shark | West Central Pacific Ocean | High | |
| Carcharhinus longimanus | Oceanic whitetip shark | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Carcharhinus falciformis | Silky shark | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Alopias superciliosus | big eye thresher | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Alopias vulpinus | Common thresher | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| Alopias pelagicus | Pelagic thresher | West Central Pacific Ocean | High |
| NB: for WCPF, the following reporting requirements for long liners shall be added:







  (1) | Number of branch lines between floats. The number of branch lines between floats shall be reported for each set. |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in Chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Thunnus albacares

Yellowfin tuna

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Thunnus obesus

Bigeye tuna

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Katsuwonus pelamis

Skipjack tuna

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Thunnus alalunga

Albacore tuna

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Thunnus orientalis

Pacific bluefin tuna

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Xiphias gladius

Swordfish

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Makaira nigricans (or mazara)

Blue marlin

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Makaira indica

Black marlin

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Tetrapturus audax

Striped marlin

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Acanthocybium solandri

Wahoo

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Coryphaena hippurus

Dolphinfish

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Elagatis bipinnulata

Rainbow runner

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

Escolar

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Lampris regius

Moonfish (opah)

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Mola mola

Sunfish

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Istiophorus platypterus

Sailfish

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Tetrapturus angustirostris

Spearfish

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Ruvettus pretiosus

Oilfish

West Central Pacific Ocean

Medium

Prionace glauca

Blue shark

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Carcharhinus longimanus

Oceanic whitetip shark

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Carcharhinus falciformis

Silky shark

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Alopias superciliosus

big eye thresher

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Alopias vulpinus

Common thresher

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

Alopias pelagicus

Pelagic thresher

West Central Pacific Ocean

High

NB: for WCPF, the following reporting requirements for long liners shall be added:

(1)

Number of branch lines between floats. The number of branch lines between floats shall be reported for each set.

| (2) | Number of fish caught per set, for the following species: albacore (Thunnus alalunga), bigeye (Thunnus obesus), skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax), blue marlin (Makaira mazara), black marlin (Makaira indica) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius), blue shark, silky shark, oceanic whitetip shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, porbeagle shark (south of 20° S, until biological data shows this or another geographic limit to be appropriate), hammerhead sharks (winghead, scalloped, great, and smooth), whale shark, and other species as determined by the Commission. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Number of fish caught per set, for the following species: albacore (Thunnus alalunga), bigeye (Thunnus obesus), skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax), blue marlin (Makaira mazara), black marlin (Makaira indica) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius), blue shark, silky shark, oceanic whitetip shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, porbeagle shark (south of 20° S, until biological data shows this or another geographic limit to be appropriate), hammerhead sharks (winghead, scalloped, great, and smooth), whale shark, and other species as determined by the Commission.

If the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set has been recorded, then the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set, by species, shall also be reported. If the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set has not been recorded, then the total weight or average weight of fish caught per set, by species, shall be estimated and the estimates reported. The total weight or average weight shall refer to whole weights, rather than processed weights.

WECAFC (Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Panulirus argus | Caribbean spiny lobster | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Strombus gigas | Queen conch | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Shark-like Selachii, Rajidae | Sharks, rays & skates | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Coryphaena hippurus | Dolphin fish | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Acanthocybium solandri | Wahoo | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Epinephelus guttatus | Red hind | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Lutjanus vivanus | Silk snapper | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Lutjanus buccanella | Blackfin snapper | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Lutjanus campechanus | Red snapper | West Central Atlantic | High |
| Penaeus subtilis | Penaeus shrimp | French Guiana EEZ | High |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Panulirus argus

Caribbean spiny lobster

West Central Atlantic

High

Strombus gigas

Queen conch

West Central Atlantic

High

Shark-like Selachii, Rajidae

Sharks, rays & skates

West Central Atlantic

High

Coryphaena hippurus

Dolphin fish

West Central Atlantic

High

Acanthocybium solandri

Wahoo

West Central Atlantic

High

Epinephelus guttatus

Red hind

West Central Atlantic

High

Lutjanus vivanus

Silk snapper

West Central Atlantic

High

Lutjanus buccanella

Blackfin snapper

West Central Atlantic

High

Lutjanus campechanus

Red snapper

West Central Atlantic

High

Penaeus subtilis

Penaeus shrimp

French Guiana EEZ

High

IOTC (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission)

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Thunnus albacares | Yellowfin tuna | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Thunnus obesus | Bigeye tuna | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | Skipjack tuna | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Thunnus alalunga | Albacore tuna | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Xiphias gladius | Swordfish | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Makaira nigricans (or mazara) | Blue marlin | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Makaira indica | Black marlin | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Tetrapturus audax | Striped marlin | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Istiophorus platypterus | Indo-Pacific sailfish | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Auxis rochei | Bullet tuna | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | Medium |
| Auxis thazard | Frigate tuna | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | Medium |
| Euthynnus affinis | Kawakawa | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | Medium |
| Thunnus tonggol | Longtail tuna | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | Medium |
| Scomberomorus guttatus | Indo-Pacific king mackerel | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | Medium |
| Scomberomorus commerson | Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | Medium |
| Prionace glauca | Blue shark | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Alopias superciliosus | Bigeye thresher shark | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Carcharhinus falciformes | Silky shark | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Carcharhinus longimanus | Oceanic whitetip shark | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Alopias pelagicus | Pelagic thresher shark | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |
| Sphyrna lewini | Scalloped hammerhead shark | Indian Ocean Western and Eastern | High |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III of this Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Thunnus albacares

Yellowfin tuna

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Thunnus obesus

Bigeye tuna

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Katsuwonus pelamis

Skipjack tuna

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Thunnus alalunga

Albacore tuna

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Xiphias gladius

Swordfish

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Makaira nigricans (or mazara)

Blue marlin

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Makaira indica

Black marlin

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Tetrapturus audax

Striped marlin

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Istiophorus platypterus

Indo-Pacific sailfish

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Auxis rochei

Bullet tuna

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

Medium

Auxis thazard

Frigate tuna

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

Medium

Euthynnus affinis

Kawakawa

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

Medium

Thunnus tonggol

Longtail tuna

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

Medium

Scomberomorus guttatus

Indo-Pacific king mackerel

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

Medium

Scomberomorus commerson

Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

Medium

Prionace glauca

Blue shark

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Alopias superciliosus

Bigeye thresher shark

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Carcharhinus falciformes

Silky shark

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Carcharhinus longimanus

Oceanic whitetip shark

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Alopias pelagicus

Pelagic thresher shark

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Sphyrna lewini

Scalloped hammerhead shark

Indian Ocean Western and Eastern

High

Other RFMOs

| SPECIES
  When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock. | Frequency of collection of biological variables |
| --- | --- |
| Scientific name | Common name | Geographical Area | Priority | The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments. |
| Trachurus murphyi | Jack mackerel | SPRFMO Convention Area | High |
| Euphausia superba | Krill | CCAMLR Convention Area | High |
| Dissostichus spp.

  Dissostichus eleginoides and Dissostichus mawsoni) | Toothfish | CCAMLR Convention Area | High |
| Champsocephalus gunnari | Mackerel icefish | CCAMLR Convention Area | Low |
| Resources of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other sedentary species within the competence area, but excluding: (i) sedentary species subject to the fishery jurisdiction of coastal states pursuant to Article 77(4) of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; and (ii) highly migratory species listed in Annex I of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. | SIOFA Convention Area | | |

SPECIES

When designing sampling plans aiming at collecting biological information as laid down in chapter III Annex, stock boundaries, as fixed by the competent RFMOs or RFOs, shall be taken into account and appropriate sampling effort shall be allocated to each stock.

Frequency of collection of biological variables

Scientific name

Common name

Geographical Area

Priority

The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data shall be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Trachurus murphyi

Jack mackerel

SPRFMO Convention Area

High

Euphausia superba

Krill

CCAMLR Convention Area

High

Dissostichus spp.

Dissostichus eleginoides and Dissostichus mawsoni)

Toothfish

CCAMLR Convention Area

High

Champsocephalus gunnari

Mackerel icefish

CCAMLR Convention Area

Low

Resources of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other sedentary species within the competence area, but excluding: (i) sedentary species subject to the fishery jurisdiction of coastal states pursuant to Article 77(4) of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; and (ii) highly migratory species listed in Annex I of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

SIOFA Convention Area

BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1D

Species to be monitored under protection programmes in the Union or under international obligations

| Common name | Scientific name | Region/RFMO | Legal framework |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bony fishes | Teleostei | | |
| Sturgeons | Acipenser spp. | Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; Baltic Sea; OSPAR II, IV | Annex II of the Barcelona Convention (15), Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; OSPAR (16); Helcom (17) |
| Smoothheads (Slickheads) | Alepocephalidae | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries (18) |
| Baird's smoothhead | Alepocephalus Bairdii | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Risso's smoothhead | Alepocephalus rostratus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Pontic shad | Alosa immaculata | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Allis shad | Alosa alosa | OSPAR II, III, IV | OSPAR |
| Common Whitefish/houting | Coregonus lavaretus | OSPAR II | OSPAR |
| Cod | Gadus morhua | OSPAR II, III; Baltic Sea | OSPAR; Helcom |
| Long-snouted seahorse | Hippocampus guttulatus (synonym: Hippocampus ramulosus) | OSPAR II, III, IV, V | OSPAR |
| Short-snouted seahorse | Hippocampus hippocampus | OSPAR II, III, IV, V | OSPAR |
| Black Sea shad | Alosa tanaica | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Blue antimora (Blue hake) | Antimora rostrata | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Black scabbardfish | Aphanopus carbo | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Scabbardfish | Aphanopus intermedius | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Crayfish | Astacus spp. | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Big-scale sand smelt | Atherina pontica | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Garfish | Belone belone euxini Günther | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Alfonsinos | Beryx spp. | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Brotula | Cataetyx laticeps | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Vendace | Coregonus albula | Baltic Sea | RCM Baltic recommendation |
| lumpfish | Cyclopterus lumpus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Annular seabream | Diplodus annularis | Mediterranean Sea | Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (19) (min. cons. size) |
| Sharpsnout sea bream | Diplodus puntazzo | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| White sea bream | Diplodus sargus | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Two-banded sea bream | Diplodus vulgaris | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Patagonian toothfish | Dissostichus eleginoides | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Antarctic toothfish | Dissostichus mawsoni | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Groupers | Epinephelus spp. | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Black cardinalfish | Epigonus telescopus | All regions | Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Gobies | Gobiidae | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Bluemouth (Bluemouth redfish) | Helicolenus dactylopterus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Atlantic halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Orange roughy | Hoplostethus atlanticus | All regions; OSPAR I, V | Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Silver roughy (Pink) | Hoplosthetus mediterraneus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Silver scabbard fish (Cutless fish) | Lepidopus caudatus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Stripped sea bream | Lithognathus mormyrus | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Golden grey mullet | Liza aurata | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Leaping mullet | Liza saliens | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Greater eelpout | Lycodes esmarkii | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Grenadiers (rattails) other than roundnose grenadier and roughhead grenadier | Macrouridae other than Coryphaenoides rupestris and Macrourus berglax | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Roughhead grenadier (Rough rattail) | Macrourus berglax | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Whiting | Merlangius merlangus | Baltic Sea and Black Sea | RCM Baltic recommendation; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic sea | OSPAR; Helcom |
| Atlantic Salmon | *Salmo salar | OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic Sea | OSPAR; Helcom |
| Bluefin tuna | *Thunnus thynnus | OSPAR V | OSPAR; Helcom |
| Blue ling | Molva dypterygia | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Common mora | Mora moro | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Mullet | Mugil spp. | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Black gemfish | Nesiarchus nasutus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Snubnosed spiny eel | Notocanthus chemnitzii | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Smelt | Osmerus eperlanus | Baltic Sea | RCM (Regional Coordination Meeting) Baltic recommendation, Helcom |
| Spanish sea bream | Pagellus acarne | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Blackspot seabream | Pagellus bogaraveo | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Common sea bream | Pagrus pagrus | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Wreckfish | Polyprion americanus | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Wreckfish | Polyprion americanus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Small redfish (Norway redfish) | Sebastes viviparus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Beluga | Huso huso | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Spiny (deep sea) scorpionfish | Trachyscorpia cristulata | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Oceanic sea breams | Brama spp. | GSA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and Black Sea GSA 29 | Annex VIII of Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 (20) |
| Atlantic chub mackerel | Scomber colias Gmelin | Black sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Crystal gobid | Crystallogobius linearis | Black sea | National management plans |
| Rabbit fish | Chimaera monstrosa | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Allis shad | Alosa alosa | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Twaite shad | Alosa fallax | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Autumn-spawning herring | Clupea harengus subsp. | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Zope | Abramis ballerus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Bleak | Alburnus alburnus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Asp | Aspius aspius | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Barbel | Barbus barbus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Gudgeon | Gobio gobio | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Ziege | Pelecus cultratus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Eurasian minnow | Phoxinus phoxinus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Vimba | Vimba vimba | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Spined loach | Cobitis taenia | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Trout | Salmo trutta | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Vendace | Coregonus albula | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Baltic houting | Coregonus balticus Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, migratory | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Maraena | Coregonus maraena Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, stationary | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Pallas's houting | Coregonus pallasii | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Marine smelt | Osmerus eperlanomarinus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Black-bellied angler | Lophius budegassa | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Sea stickleback | Spinachia spinachia | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Snake pipefish | Entelurus aequoreus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Straightnose pipefish | Nerophis ophidion | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Worm pipefish | Nerophis lumbriciformis | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Greater pipefish | Syngnathus acus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Broad-nosed pipefish | Syngnathus typhle | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Roundnose grenadier | Coryphaenoides rupestris | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Pollack | Pollachius pollachius | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Ling | Molva molva | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Snakeblenny | Lumpenus lampretaeformis | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Ocean perch | Sebastes marinus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Norway redfish | Sebastes viviparus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Miller's thumb | Cottus gobio | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Alpine bullhead | Cottus poecilopus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Shorthorn sculpin | Myoxocephalus scorpius | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Longspined bullhead | Taurulus bubalis | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Fourhorn sculpin | Triglopsis quadricornis | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Lumpsucker | Cyclopterus lumpus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Striped seasnail | Liparis liparis | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Montagu's seasnail | Liparis montagui | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| John Dory | Zeus faber | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| European seabass | Dicentrarchus labrax | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Ballan wrasse | Labrus bergylta | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Cuckoo wrasse | Labrus mixtus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Corkwring wrasse | Symphodus melops | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Greater weever | Trachinus draco | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Wolf-fish | Anarhichas lupus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Lesser sandeel | Ammodytes marinus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Small sandeel | Ammodytes tobianus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Painted goby | Pomatoschistus pictus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Bullet tuna | Auxis rochei | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Little thunny | Euthynnus alleteratus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Plain bonito | Orcynopsis unicolor | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Atlantic mackerel | Scomber scombrus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Atlantic halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Swordfish | Xiphias gladius | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Niger blackfish | Centrolophus niger | Baltic Sea | Helcom |
| Cartilaginous fishes | Chondrichthyes | | |
| Narrow sawfish | Anoxypristis cuspidata | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Birdbeak dogfish | Deania calcea | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Smooth lanternshark | Etmopterus pusillus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Dwarf sawfish | Pristis clavata | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Green sawfish | Pristis zijsron | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Norwegian skate | Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Thornback ray | Raja clavata | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority OSPAR; Helcom |
| Undulate ray | Raja undulata | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Pelagic thresher | Alopias pelagicus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Big eye thresher | Alopias superciliosus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Common thresher | Alopias vulpinus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority; Helcom |
| Starry ray | Amblyraja radiata | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Iceland catshark | Apristurus spp. | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Silky shark | Carcharhinus falciformis | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Galapagos shark | Carcharhinus galapagensis | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Oceanic whitetip shark | Carcharhinus longimanus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Sandbar shark | Carcharhinus plumbeus | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Sand tiger shark | Carcharias taurus | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Great white shark | Carcharodon carcharias | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Gulper shark | Centrophorus granulosus | All oceans and seas | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III; OSPAR |
| Gulper shark species | Centrophorus spp. | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Leafscale gulper shark | Centrophorus squamosus | All oceans and seas | RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR |
| Black dogfish | Centroscyllium fabricii | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Portuguese dogfish | Centroscymnus coelolepis | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; OSPAR |
| Longnose velvet dogfish | Centroscymnus crepidater | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | All oceans and seas | RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR; Helcom |
| Rabbit fish (rattail) | Chimaera monstrosa | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Frilled shark | Chlamydoselachus anguineus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Kitefin shark | Dalatias licha | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Stingray | Dasyatis pastinaca | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; Helcom |
| Birdbeak dogfish | Deania calcea | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Common skate | Dipturus batis | All oceans and seas | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; OSPAR; Helcom |
| White skate | *Rostroraja alba | OSPAR II, III, IV | OSPAR |
| Greater lanternshark | Etmopterus princeps | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Velvet belly | Etmopterus spinax | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom |
| Winghead hammerhead | Eusphyra blochii | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| School shark, tope shark | Galeorhinus galeus | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom |
| Blackmouth dogfish | Galeus melastomus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Mouse catshark | Galeus murinus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Spiny butterfly ray | Gymnura altavela | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Sharpnose sevengill shark | Heptranchias perlo | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III |
| Bluntnose six-gilled shark | Hexanchus griseus | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom |
| Large-eyed rabbitfish (Ratfish) | Hydrolagus mirabilis | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Shortfin mako | Isurus oxyrinchus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Longfin mako | Isurus paucus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Porbeagle | Lamna nasus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, OSPAR; Helcom |
| Sandy skate | Leucoraja circularis | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Maltese skate | Leucoraja melitensis | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Reef manta ray | Manta alfredi | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Giant manta ray | Manta birostris | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Longhorned mobula | Mobula eregoodootenkee | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Lesser devil ray | Mobula hypostoma | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Spinetail mobula | Mobula japanica | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Shortfin devil ray | Mobula kuhlii | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Devil fish | Mobula mobular | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Munk's devil ray | Mobula munkiana | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Lesser Guinean devil ray | Mobula rochebrunei | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Chilean devil ray | Mobula tarapacana | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Smoothtail mobula | Mobula thurstoni | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Starry smooth-hound | Mustelus asterias | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III |
| Common smooth-hound | Mustelus mustelus | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III |
| Blackspotted smooth-hound | Mustelus punctulatus | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III |
| Blackmouth catshark | Galeus melanostomus | Baltic sea | Helcom |
| Small-spotted catshark | Scyliorhinus canicula | Baltic sea | Helcom |
| Thorny skate | Amblyraja radiata | Baltic sea | Helcom |
| Shagreen ray | Leucoraja fullonica | Baltic sea | Helcom |
| Spotted torpedo | Torpedo marmorata | Baltic sea | Helcom |
| Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark) | Oxynotus paradoxus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Smalltooth sawfish | Pristis pectinata | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Common sawfish | Pristis pristis | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Crocodile shark | Pseudocarcharias kamoharai | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Blue stingray | Pteroplatytrygon violacea | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Round skate | Raja fyllae | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Arctic skate | Raja hyperborea | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Norwegian skate | Raja nidarosiensus | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Spotted ray | Raja montagui | OSPAR I, II, III, IV | OSPAR; Helcom |
| Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Blackchin guitarfish | Rhinobatos cemiculus | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Common guitarfish | Rhinobatos rhinobatos | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Straightnose rabbitfish | Rhinochimaera atlantica | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Bottlenose skate | Rostroraja alba | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Knifetooth dogfish | Scymnodon ringens | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Other sharks | Selachimorpha (or Selachii), Batoidea (to be defined by species according to landing, survey or catch data) | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority; Helcom |
| Greenland shark | Somniosus microcephalus | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom |
| Scalloped hammerhead | Sphyrna lewini | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Great hammerhead | Sphyrna mokarran | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Smooth hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena | All oceans | RFMOs, High priority |
| Spurdog, spiked dogfish | Squalus acanthias | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III, OSPAR; Helcom |
| Sawback angelshark | Squatina aculeata | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Smoothback angelshark | Squatina oculata | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II |
| Angel shark | Squatina squatina | All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea | RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II, OSPAR; Helcom |
| Sea lamprey | Petromyzon marinus | OSPAR I, II, III, IV | OSPAR; Helcom |
| River lamprey | Lampetra fluviatilis | Baltic sea | Helcom |
| Mammals | Mammalia | | |
| Cetaceans — all species | Cetacea — all species | All areas | Council Directive 92/43/EEC (21) |
| Minke whale | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM (22)/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Bowhead whale | Balaena mysticetus | OSPAR I | OSPAR |
| Blue whale | Balaenoptera musculus | All OSPAR | OSPAR |
| Northern right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | All OSPAR | OSPAR |
| Sei whale | Balaenoptera borealis | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Fin whale | Balaenoptera physalus | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Short-beaked common dolphin | Delphinus delphis | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| North Atlantic right whale | Eubalaena glacialis | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Long-finned pilot whale | Globicephala melas | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Risso's dolphin | Grampus griseus | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Dwarf sperm whale | Kogia simus | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Humpback whale | Megaptera novaeangliae | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Blainville's beaked whale | Mesoplodon densirostris | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Killer whale | Orcinus orca | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Harbour porpoise | Phocoena phocoena | Mediterranean Sea; OSPAR II, III | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; Directive 92/43/EEC; OSPAR |
| Sperm whale | Physeter macrocephalus | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| False killer whale | Pseudorca crassidens | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Striped dolphin | Stenella coeruleoalba | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Rough-toothed dolphin | Steno bredanensis | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Bottlenose dolphin | Tursiops truncatus | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Cuvier's beaked whale | Ziphius cavirostris | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Monk seal | Monachus monachus | All areas | Rec. GFCM/35/2011/5 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; Directive 92/43/EEC |
| Saimaa ringed seal | Phoca hispida saimensis | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC |
| Grey seal | Halichoerus grypus | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC |
| Harbour seal | Phoca vitulina | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC |
| Baltic ringed seal | Phoca hispida bottnica | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC |
| Birds | Aves | | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (23) |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Audouin's Gull | Larus audouinii | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Great Skua | Catharacta skua | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Common pochard | Aythya ferina | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Little Auk | Alle alle | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Arctic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Guillemot | Uria aalge | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Slender-billed Gull | Larus genei | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Thick-billed Murre/Brünnig's Guillemot | Uria lomvia | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Zino's Petrel | Pterodroma madeira | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Pallas's Gull | Larus ichthyaetus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Band-rumped Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Desertas Petrel | Pterodroma deserta | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Monteiro's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monteiroi | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Thayer's Gull | Larus thayeri | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | All areas | Directive 2009/147/EC |
| Lesser black-backed gull | Larus fuscus fuscus | OSPAR I | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Ivory gull | Pagophila eburnea | OSPAR I | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Steller's eider | Polysticta stelleri | OSPAR I | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Little shearwater | Puffinus assimilis baroli (auct.incert.) | OSPAR V | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Balearic shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | OSPAR II, III, IV, V | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Black-legged kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | OSPAR I, II, | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Roseate tern | Sterna dougallii | OSPAR II, III, IV, V | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Iberian guillemot | Uria aalge — Iberian population (synonyms: Uria aalge albionis, Uria aalge ibericus) | OSPAR IV | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Thick-billed murre | Uria lomvia | OSPAR I | OSPAR list of threatened and declining species |
| Reptiles | Reptilia | | |
| Kemp's ridley sea turtle | Lepidochelys kempii | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Loggerhead turtle | Caretta caretta | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR |
| Leatherback turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR |
| Hawksbill sea turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Green turtle | Chelonia mydas | All areas | Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Nile soft-shelled turtle | Trionyx triunguis | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Molluscs | Mollusca | | |
| Striped venus | Chamelea gallina | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Banded wedge shell | Donacilla cornea | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Eledone especies | Eledone spp. | All areas | National management plans |
| Mediterranean mussel | Mytilus galloprovincialis | All areas out of Med | National management plans |
| Mediterranean mussel | Mytilus galloprovincialis | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
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| Patella | Patella spp. | Mediterranean Sea | Annex II of the Barcelona Convention |
| Rapa whelk | Rapana venosa | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Tuberculate cockle | Acanthocardia tuberculata | All areas | National management plans |
| Murex | Bolinus brandaris | All areas | National management plans |
| Hard clam | Callista chione | All areas | National management plans |
| Wedge shell | Donax trunculus | All areas | National management plans |
| Ocean quahog | Arctica islandica | OSPAR II | OSPAR |
| Azorean barnacle | Megabalanus azoricus | OSPAR V All where it occurs | OSPAR |
| Dog whelk | Nucella lapillus | OSPAR II, III, IV | OSPAR |
| Flat oyster | Ostrea edulis | OSPAR II | OSPAR |
| Azorean limpet | Patella ulyssiponensis aspera | All OSPAR where it occurs | OSPAR |
| Crustaceans | Crustacea | | |
| Lobster | Homarus gammarus | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Deep-water red crab | Chaceon (Geryon) affinis | All regions | Relevant for deep sea fisheries |
| Brown shrimp | Crangon crangon | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Baltic prawn | Palaemon adspersus | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Rockpool prawn | Palaemon elegans | Black Sea | Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol |
| Crawfish | Palinuridae | Mediterranean Sea | Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size) |
| Cnidarians | Cnidaria | | |
| Red coral | Corallium rubrum | Mediterranean Sea | Rec. GFCM/36/2012/1 & Rec. GFCM/35/2011/2 |

Common name

Scientific name

Region/RFMO

Legal framework

Bony fishes

Teleostei

Sturgeons

Acipenser spp.

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; Baltic Sea; OSPAR II, IV

Annex II of the Barcelona Convention (15), Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; OSPAR (16); Helcom (17)

Smoothheads (Slickheads)

Alepocephalidae

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries (18)

Baird's smoothhead

Alepocephalus Bairdii

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Risso's smoothhead

Alepocephalus rostratus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Pontic shad

Alosa immaculata

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Allis shad

Alosa alosa

OSPAR II, III, IV

OSPAR

Common Whitefish/houting

Coregonus lavaretus

OSPAR II

OSPAR

Cod

Gadus morhua

OSPAR II, III; Baltic Sea

OSPAR; Helcom

Long-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus guttulatus (synonym: Hippocampus ramulosus)

OSPAR II, III, IV, V

OSPAR

Short-snouted seahorse

Hippocampus hippocampus

OSPAR II, III, IV, V

OSPAR

Black Sea shad

Alosa tanaica

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Blue antimora (Blue hake)

Antimora rostrata

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Black scabbardfish

Aphanopus carbo

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Scabbardfish

Aphanopus intermedius

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Crayfish

Astacus spp.

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Big-scale sand smelt

Atherina pontica

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Garfish

Belone belone euxini Günther

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Alfonsinos

Beryx spp.

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Brotula

Cataetyx laticeps

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Vendace

Coregonus albula

Baltic Sea

RCM Baltic recommendation

lumpfish

Cyclopterus lumpus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Annular seabream

Diplodus annularis

Mediterranean Sea

Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (19) (min. cons. size)

Sharpsnout sea bream

Diplodus puntazzo

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

White sea bream

Diplodus sargus

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Two-banded sea bream

Diplodus vulgaris

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Patagonian toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus mawsoni

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Groupers

Epinephelus spp.

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Black cardinalfish

Epigonus telescopus

All regions

Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Gobies

Gobiidae

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Bluemouth (Bluemouth redfish)

Helicolenus dactylopterus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Orange roughy

Hoplostethus atlanticus

All regions; OSPAR I, V

Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Silver roughy (Pink)

Hoplosthetus mediterraneus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Silver scabbard fish (Cutless fish)

Lepidopus caudatus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Stripped sea bream

Lithognathus mormyrus

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Golden grey mullet

Liza aurata

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Leaping mullet

Liza saliens

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Greater eelpout

Lycodes esmarkii

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Grenadiers (rattails) other than roundnose grenadier and roughhead grenadier

Macrouridae other than Coryphaenoides rupestris and Macrourus berglax

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Roughhead grenadier (Rough rattail)

Macrourus berglax

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Whiting

Merlangius merlangus

Baltic Sea and Black Sea

RCM Baltic recommendation; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic sea

OSPAR; Helcom

Atlantic Salmon

*Salmo salar

OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic Sea

OSPAR; Helcom

Bluefin tuna

*Thunnus thynnus

OSPAR V

OSPAR; Helcom

Blue ling

Molva dypterygia

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Common mora

Mora moro

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Mullet

Mugil spp.

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Black gemfish

Nesiarchus nasutus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Snubnosed spiny eel

Notocanthus chemnitzii

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Smelt

Osmerus eperlanus

Baltic Sea

RCM (Regional Coordination Meeting) Baltic recommendation, Helcom

Spanish sea bream

Pagellus acarne

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Blackspot seabream

Pagellus bogaraveo

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Common sea bream

Pagrus pagrus

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Wreckfish

Polyprion americanus

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Wreckfish

Polyprion americanus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Small redfish (Norway redfish)

Sebastes viviparus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Beluga

Huso huso

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Spiny (deep sea) scorpionfish

Trachyscorpia cristulata

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Oceanic sea breams

Brama spp.

GSA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and Black Sea GSA 29

Annex VIII of Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 (20)

Atlantic chub mackerel

Scomber colias Gmelin

Black sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Crystal gobid

Crystallogobius linearis

Black sea

National management plans

Rabbit fish

Chimaera monstrosa

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Allis shad

Alosa alosa

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Twaite shad

Alosa fallax

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Autumn-spawning herring

Clupea harengus subsp.

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Zope

Abramis ballerus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Bleak

Alburnus alburnus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Asp

Aspius aspius

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Barbel

Barbus barbus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Gudgeon

Gobio gobio

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Ziege

Pelecus cultratus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Eurasian minnow

Phoxinus phoxinus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Vimba

Vimba vimba

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Spined loach

Cobitis taenia

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Trout

Salmo trutta

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Vendace

Coregonus albula

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Baltic houting

Coregonus balticus Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, migratory

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Maraena

Coregonus maraena Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, stationary

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Pallas's houting

Coregonus pallasii

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Marine smelt

Osmerus eperlanomarinus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Black-bellied angler

Lophius budegassa

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Sea stickleback

Spinachia spinachia

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Snake pipefish

Entelurus aequoreus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Straightnose pipefish

Nerophis ophidion

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Worm pipefish

Nerophis lumbriciformis

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Greater pipefish

Syngnathus acus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Broad-nosed pipefish

Syngnathus typhle

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Roundnose grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Pollack

Pollachius pollachius

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Ling

Molva molva

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Snakeblenny

Lumpenus lampretaeformis

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Ocean perch

Sebastes marinus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Norway redfish

Sebastes viviparus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Miller's thumb

Cottus gobio

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Alpine bullhead

Cottus poecilopus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Shorthorn sculpin

Myoxocephalus scorpius

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Longspined bullhead

Taurulus bubalis

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Fourhorn sculpin

Triglopsis quadricornis

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Lumpsucker

Cyclopterus lumpus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Striped seasnail

Liparis liparis

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Montagu's seasnail

Liparis montagui

Baltic Sea

Helcom

John Dory

Zeus faber

Baltic Sea

Helcom

European seabass

Dicentrarchus labrax

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Ballan wrasse

Labrus bergylta

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Cuckoo wrasse

Labrus mixtus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Corkwring wrasse

Symphodus melops

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Greater weever

Trachinus draco

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Wolf-fish

Anarhichas lupus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Lesser sandeel

Ammodytes marinus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Small sandeel

Ammodytes tobianus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Painted goby

Pomatoschistus pictus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Bullet tuna

Auxis rochei

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Little thunny

Euthynnus alleteratus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Plain bonito

Orcynopsis unicolor

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Atlantic mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Atlantic halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Niger blackfish

Centrolophus niger

Baltic Sea

Helcom

Cartilaginous fishes

Chondrichthyes

Narrow sawfish

Anoxypristis cuspidata

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Birdbeak dogfish

Deania calcea

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Smooth lanternshark

Etmopterus pusillus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Dwarf sawfish

Pristis clavata

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Green sawfish

Pristis zijsron

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Norwegian skate

Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Thornback ray

Raja clavata

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority OSPAR; Helcom

Undulate ray

Raja undulata

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Pelagic thresher

Alopias pelagicus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Big eye thresher

Alopias superciliosus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Common thresher

Alopias vulpinus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority; Helcom

Starry ray

Amblyraja radiata

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Iceland catshark

Apristurus spp.

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Silky shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Galapagos shark

Carcharhinus galapagensis

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Oceanic whitetip shark

Carcharhinus longimanus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Sandbar shark

Carcharhinus plumbeus

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Sand tiger shark

Carcharias taurus

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Gulper shark

Centrophorus granulosus

All oceans and seas

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III; OSPAR

Gulper shark species

Centrophorus spp.

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Leafscale gulper shark

Centrophorus squamosus

All oceans and seas

RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR

Black dogfish

Centroscyllium fabricii

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Portuguese dogfish

Centroscymnus coelolepis

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; OSPAR

Longnose velvet dogfish

Centroscymnus crepidater

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

All oceans and seas

RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR; Helcom

Rabbit fish (rattail)

Chimaera monstrosa

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Frilled shark

Chlamydoselachus anguineus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Kitefin shark

Dalatias licha

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; Helcom

Birdbeak dogfish

Deania calcea

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Common skate

Dipturus batis

All oceans and seas

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; OSPAR; Helcom

White skate

*Rostroraja alba

OSPAR II, III, IV

OSPAR

Greater lanternshark

Etmopterus princeps

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Velvet belly

Etmopterus spinax

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom

Winghead hammerhead

Eusphyra blochii

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

School shark, tope shark

Galeorhinus galeus

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom

Blackmouth dogfish

Galeus melastomus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Mouse catshark

Galeus murinus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Spiny butterfly ray

Gymnura altavela

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Sharpnose sevengill shark

Heptranchias perlo

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III

Bluntnose six-gilled shark

Hexanchus griseus

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom

Large-eyed rabbitfish (Ratfish)

Hydrolagus mirabilis

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Shortfin mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Longfin mako

Isurus paucus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, OSPAR; Helcom

Sandy skate

Leucoraja circularis

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Maltese skate

Leucoraja melitensis

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Reef manta ray

Manta alfredi

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Giant manta ray

Manta birostris

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Longhorned mobula

Mobula eregoodootenkee

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Lesser devil ray

Mobula hypostoma

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Spinetail mobula

Mobula japanica

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Shortfin devil ray

Mobula kuhlii

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Devil fish

Mobula mobular

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Munk's devil ray

Mobula munkiana

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Lesser Guinean devil ray

Mobula rochebrunei

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Chilean devil ray

Mobula tarapacana

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Smoothtail mobula

Mobula thurstoni

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Starry smooth-hound

Mustelus asterias

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III

Common smooth-hound

Mustelus mustelus

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III

Blackspotted smooth-hound

Mustelus punctulatus

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III

Blackmouth catshark

Galeus melanostomus

Baltic sea

Helcom

Small-spotted catshark

Scyliorhinus canicula

Baltic sea

Helcom

Thorny skate

Amblyraja radiata

Baltic sea

Helcom

Shagreen ray

Leucoraja fullonica

Baltic sea

Helcom

Spotted torpedo

Torpedo marmorata

Baltic sea

Helcom

Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark)

Oxynotus paradoxus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Smalltooth sawfish

Pristis pectinata

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Common sawfish

Pristis pristis

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Crocodile shark

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Blue stingray

Pteroplatytrygon violacea

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Round skate

Raja fyllae

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Arctic skate

Raja hyperborea

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Norwegian skate

Raja nidarosiensus

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Spotted ray

Raja montagui

OSPAR I, II, III, IV

OSPAR; Helcom

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Blackchin guitarfish

Rhinobatos cemiculus

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Common guitarfish

Rhinobatos rhinobatos

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Straightnose rabbitfish

Rhinochimaera atlantica

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Bottlenose skate

Rostroraja alba

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Knifetooth dogfish

Scymnodon ringens

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Other sharks

Selachimorpha (or Selachii), Batoidea (to be defined by species according to landing, survey or catch data)

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority; Helcom

Greenland shark

Somniosus microcephalus

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom

Scalloped hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Great hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Smooth hammerhead

Sphyrna zygaena

All oceans

RFMOs, High priority

Spurdog, spiked dogfish

Squalus acanthias

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III, OSPAR; Helcom

Sawback angelshark

Squatina aculeata

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Smoothback angelshark

Squatina oculata

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II

Angel shark

Squatina squatina

All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea

RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II, OSPAR; Helcom

Sea lamprey

Petromyzon marinus

OSPAR I, II, III, IV

OSPAR; Helcom

River lamprey

Lampetra fluviatilis

Baltic sea

Helcom

Mammals

Mammalia

Cetaceans — all species

Cetacea — all species

All areas

Council Directive 92/43/EEC (21)

Minke whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM (22)/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Bowhead whale

Balaena mysticetus

OSPAR I

OSPAR

Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

All OSPAR

OSPAR

Northern right whale

Eubalaena glacialis

All OSPAR

OSPAR

Sei whale

Balaenoptera borealis

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Fin whale

Balaenoptera physalus

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Short-beaked common dolphin

Delphinus delphis

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

North Atlantic right whale

Eubalaena glacialis

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Long-finned pilot whale

Globicephala melas

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Risso's dolphin

Grampus griseus

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Dwarf sperm whale

Kogia simus

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Humpback whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Blainville's beaked whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Killer whale

Orcinus orca

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Harbour porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

Mediterranean Sea; OSPAR II, III

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; Directive 92/43/EEC; OSPAR

Sperm whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

False killer whale

Pseudorca crassidens

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Striped dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Rough-toothed dolphin

Steno bredanensis

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Monk seal

Monachus monachus

All areas

Rec. GFCM/35/2011/5 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; Directive 92/43/EEC

Saimaa ringed seal

Phoca hispida saimensis

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC

Grey seal

Halichoerus grypus

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC

Harbour seal

Phoca vitulina

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC

Baltic ringed seal

Phoca hispida bottnica

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC

Birds

Aves

Cory's Shearwater

Calonectris borealis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (23)

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Black-headed Gull

Larus ridibundus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Scoter

Melanitta nigra

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

European Shag

Phalacrocorax aristotelis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Great Shearwater

Ardenna gravis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Scopoli's Shearwater

Calonectris diomedea

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Sooty Shearwater

Ardenna grisea

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Audouin's Gull

Larus audouinii

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Barrow's Goldeneye

Bucephala islandica

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Bulwer's Petrel

Bulweria bulwerii

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Great Skua

Catharacta skua

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Greater Scaup

Aythya marila

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Common pochard

Aythya ferina

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Little Auk

Alle alle

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Razorbill

Alca torda

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Arctic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Arctic Loon

Gavia arctica

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Audubon's Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Black Guillemot

Cepphus grylle

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Black Scoter

Melanitta americana

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Black-necked Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Caspian Gull

Larus cachinnans

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Guillemot

Uria aalge

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Loon

Gavia immer

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus histrionicus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoides

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

King Eider

Somateria spectabilis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Mediterranean Gull

Larus melanocephalus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Mew Gull

Larus canus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellata

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Slender-billed Gull

Larus genei

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Steller's Eider

Polysticta stelleri

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Thick-billed Murre/Brünnig's Guillemot

Uria lomvia

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Velvet Scoter

Melanitta fusca

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Yellow-billed Loon

Gavia adamsii

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Zino's Petrel

Pterodroma madeira

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Pallas's Gull

Larus ichthyaetus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Leach's Storm-petrel

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Wilson's Storm-petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Band-rumped Storm-petrel

Hydrobates castro

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Desertas Petrel

Pterodroma deserta

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Ivory Gull

Pagophila eburnea

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Lesser Crested Tern

Thalasseus bengalensis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Little Gull

Hydrocoloeus minutus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Little Tern

Sternula albifrons

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Monteiro's Storm-petrel

Hydrobates monteiroi

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Ross's Gull

Rhodostethia rosea

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabini

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Thayer's Gull

Larus thayeri

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

White-faced Storm-petrel

Pelagodroma marina

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

European Storm-petrel

Hydrobates pelagicus

All areas

Directive 2009/147/EC

Lesser black-backed gull

Larus fuscus fuscus

OSPAR I

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Ivory gull

Pagophila eburnea

OSPAR I

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Steller's eider

Polysticta stelleri

OSPAR I

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Little shearwater

Puffinus assimilis baroli (auct.incert.)

OSPAR V

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Balearic shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus

OSPAR II, III, IV, V

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Black-legged kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

OSPAR I, II,

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Roseate tern

Sterna dougallii

OSPAR II, III, IV, V

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Iberian guillemot

Uria aalge — Iberian population (synonyms: Uria aalge albionis, Uria aalge ibericus)

OSPAR IV

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Thick-billed murre

Uria lomvia

OSPAR I

OSPAR list of threatened and declining species

Reptiles

Reptilia

Kemp's ridley sea turtle

Lepidochelys kempii

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Loggerhead turtle

Caretta caretta

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR

Leatherback turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR

Hawksbill sea turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Green turtle

Chelonia mydas

All areas

Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Nile soft-shelled turtle

Trionyx triunguis

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Molluscs

Mollusca

Striped venus

Chamelea gallina

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Banded wedge shell

Donacilla cornea

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Eledone especies

Eledone spp.

All areas

National management plans

Mediterranean mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

All areas out of Med

National management plans

Mediterranean mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Patella

Patella spp.

Mediterranean Sea

Annex II of the Barcelona Convention

Rapa whelk

Rapana venosa

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Tuberculate cockle

Acanthocardia tuberculata

All areas

National management plans

Murex

Bolinus brandaris

All areas

National management plans

Hard clam

Callista chione

All areas

National management plans

Wedge shell

Donax trunculus

All areas

National management plans

Ocean quahog

Arctica islandica

OSPAR II

OSPAR

Azorean barnacle

Megabalanus azoricus

OSPAR V All where it occurs

OSPAR

Dog whelk

Nucella lapillus

OSPAR II, III, IV

OSPAR

Flat oyster

Ostrea edulis

OSPAR II

OSPAR

Azorean limpet

Patella ulyssiponensis aspera

All OSPAR where it occurs

OSPAR

Crustaceans

Crustacea

Lobster

Homarus gammarus

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Deep-water red crab

Chaceon (Geryon) affinis

All regions

Relevant for deep sea fisheries

Brown shrimp

Crangon crangon

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Baltic prawn

Palaemon adspersus

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Rockpool prawn

Palaemon elegans

Black Sea

Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Crawfish

Palinuridae

Mediterranean Sea

Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)

Cnidarians

Cnidaria

Red coral

Corallium rubrum

Mediterranean Sea

Rec. GFCM/36/2012/1 & Rec. GFCM/35/2011/2

For prohibited species: only individuals captured dead shall be used. They shall be discarded after the measurements, The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

BIOLOGICAL DATA

Table 1E

Freshwater Anadromous and Catadromous species

| Species (common name) | Species (Scientific name) | Non-marine areas where the stock is located/stock code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | Eel management units as defined in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 (24) |
| Salmon | Salmo salar | All areas of natural distribution |
| Sea trout | Salmo trutta | All inland waters that exit in the Baltic Sea |

Species (common name)

Species (Scientific name)

Non-marine areas where the stock is located/stock code

European eel

Anguilla anguilla

Eel management units as defined in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 (24)

Salmon

Salmo salar

All areas of natural distribution

Sea trout

Salmo trutta

All inland waters that exit in the Baltic Sea

Table 2

Fishing activity (metier) by region

| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | LOA classes (m) (d) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Activity | Gear classes | Gear groups | Gear type | Target assemblage (a) | Mesh size and other selective devices | < 10 | 10-< 12 | 12-< 18 | 18-< 24 | 24-< 40 | 40 & + |
| Fishing activity | Dredges | Dredges | Boat dredge [DRB] | Anadromous species (ANA)
  Catadromous species (CAT)
  Cephalopods (CEP)
  Crustaceans (CRU)
  Demersal species (DEF)
  Deep-Water species (DWS)
  Finfish (FIF)
  Freshwater species (no code)
  Miscellaneous (MIS)
  Mixed Cephalopod and Demersal (MCF)
  Mixed Crustaceans and Demersal (MCD)
  Mixed Deep-water species and Demersal (MDD)
  Mixed Pelagic and Demersal (MPD)
  Molluscs (MOL)
  Large Pelagic fish (LPF)
  Small Pelagic fish (SPF)
  Large Pelagic fish (LPF) and Small Pelagic fish (SPF) | (b) | | | | | | |
| Mechanised/Suction dredge [HMD] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Trawls | Bottom trawls | Bottom otter trawl [OTB] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Multi-rig otter trawl [OTT] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Bottom pair trawl [PTB] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Beam trawl [TBB] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Pelagic trawls | Midwater otter trawl [OTM] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Midwater pair trawl [PTM] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Hooks and Lines | Rods and Lines | Hand and Pole lines [LHP] [LHM] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Trolling lines [LTL] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Longlines | Drifting longlines [LLD] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Set longlines [LLS] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Traps | Traps | Pots and Traps [FPO] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Fyke nets [FYK] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Stationary uncovered pound nets [FPN] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Fixed installations for fences and weirs (code needed) | (b) | | | | | | |
| Nets | Nets | Trammel net [GTR] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Set gillnet [GNS] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Driftnet [GND] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Seines | Surrounding nets | Purse seine [PS] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Lampara nets [LA] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Seines (c) | Fly shooting seine [SSC] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Anchored seine [SDN] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Pair seine [SPR] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Beach and boat seine [SB] [SV] | (b) | | | | | | |
| Other gear | Other gear | Glass eel fishing (no code) | Glass eel | (b) | | | | | | |
| Misc. (Specify) | Misc. (Specify) | | | (b) | | | | | | |
| Other activity than fishing | Other activity than fishing | | | | | | | |
| Inactive | Inactive | | | | | | | |
| Footnotes:






  (a) | according to existing coding in relevant Regulations. |

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

LOA classes (m) (d)

Activity

Gear classes

Gear groups

Gear type

Target assemblage (a)

Mesh size and other selective devices

< 10

10-< 12

12-< 18

18-< 24

24-< 40

40 & +

Fishing activity

Dredges

Dredges

Boat dredge [DRB]

Anadromous species (ANA)

Catadromous species (CAT)

Cephalopods (CEP)

Crustaceans (CRU)

Demersal species (DEF)

Deep-Water species (DWS)

Finfish (FIF)

Freshwater species (no code)

Miscellaneous (MIS)

Mixed Cephalopod and Demersal (MCF)

Mixed Crustaceans and Demersal (MCD)

Mixed Deep-water species and Demersal (MDD)

Mixed Pelagic and Demersal (MPD)

Molluscs (MOL)

Large Pelagic fish (LPF)

Small Pelagic fish (SPF)

Large Pelagic fish (LPF) and Small Pelagic fish (SPF)

(b)

Mechanised/Suction dredge [HMD]

(b)

Trawls

Bottom trawls

Bottom otter trawl [OTB]

(b)

Multi-rig otter trawl [OTT]

(b)

Bottom pair trawl [PTB]

(b)

Beam trawl [TBB]

(b)

Pelagic trawls

Midwater otter trawl [OTM]

(b)

Midwater pair trawl [PTM]

(b)

Hooks and Lines

Rods and Lines

Hand and Pole lines [LHP] [LHM]

(b)

Trolling lines [LTL]

(b)

Longlines

Drifting longlines [LLD]

(b)

Set longlines [LLS]

(b)

Traps

Traps

Pots and Traps [FPO]

(b)

Fyke nets [FYK]

(b)

Stationary uncovered pound nets [FPN]

(b)

Fixed installations for fences and weirs (code needed)

(b)

Nets

Nets

Trammel net [GTR]

(b)

Set gillnet [GNS]

(b)

Driftnet [GND]

(b)

Seines

Surrounding nets

Purse seine [PS]

(b)

Lampara nets [LA]

(b)

Seines (c)

Fly shooting seine [SSC]

(b)

Anchored seine [SDN]

(b)

Pair seine [SPR]

(b)

Beach and boat seine [SB] [SV]

(b)

Other gear

Other gear

Glass eel fishing (no code)

Glass eel

(b)

Misc. (Specify)

Misc. (Specify)

(b)

Other activity than fishing

Other activity than fishing

Inactive

Inactive

Footnotes:

(a)

according to existing coding in relevant Regulations.

| (b) | according to existing coding in relevant Regulations. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

according to existing coding in relevant Regulations.

| (c) | with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)/in free schools. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

with Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)/in free schools.

| (d) | in the Mediterranean < 6m and 6-12 m. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

in the Mediterranean < 6m and 6-12 m.

Table 3

Species to be collected for recreational fisheries

| | Area | Species |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Baltic Sea (ICES Subdivisions 22-32 | Salmon, eels and seatrout (including in fresh water) and cod. |
| 2 | North Sea (ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId) | Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack and elasmobranchs |
| 3 | Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II) | Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Cod, pollack and elasmobranchs |
| 4 | North Atlantic (ICES areas V-XIV and NAFO areas) | Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack, elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species. |
| 5 | Mediterranean Sea | Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species. |
| 6 | Black Sea | Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species |

Area

Species

1

Baltic Sea (ICES Subdivisions 22-32

Salmon, eels and seatrout (including in fresh water) and cod.

2

North Sea (ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId)

Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack and elasmobranchs

3

Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)

Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Cod, pollack and elasmobranchs

4

North Atlantic (ICES areas V-XIV and NAFO areas)

Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack, elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species.

5

Mediterranean Sea

Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species.

6

Black Sea

Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species

Table 4

Fishing activity variables

| | Variables (25) | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capacity |
| | Number of vessels | Number |
| | GT, kW, Vessel Age | Number |
| Effort |
| | Days at sea | Days |
| | Hours fished (optional) | Hours |
| | Fishing days | Days |
| | kW * Fishing Days | Number |
| | GT * Fishing days | Number |
| | Number of trips | Number |
| | Number of fishing operations | Number |
| | Number of nets/Length (*1) | Number/metres |
| | Number of hooks, Number of lines (*1) | Number |
| | Numbers of pots, traps (*1) | Number |
| Landings |
| | Value of landings total and per commercial species | Euro |
| | Live Weight of landings total and per species | Tonnes |
| | Prices by commercial species | Euro/kg |

Variables (25)

Unit

Capacity

Number of vessels

Number

GT, kW, Vessel Age

Number

Effort

Days at sea

Days

Hours fished (optional)

Hours

Fishing days

Days

kW * Fishing Days

Number

GT * Fishing days

Number

Number of trips

Number

Number of fishing operations

Number

Number of nets/Length (*1)

Number/metres

Number of hooks, Number of lines (*1)

Number

Numbers of pots, traps (*1)

Number

Landings

Value of landings total and per commercial species

Euro

Live Weight of landings total and per species

Tonnes

Prices by commercial species

Euro/kg

FLEET ECONOMIC DATA

Table 5A

Economic variables for the fleet

| Variable group | Variable | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Income | Gross value of landings | Euro |
| Income from leasing out quota or other fishing rights | Euro |
| Other income | Euro |
| Labour costs | Personnel costs | Euro |
| Value of unpaid labour | Euro |
| Energy costs | Energy costs | Euro |
| Repair and maintenance costs | Repair and maintenance costs | Euro |
| Other operating costs | Variable costs | Euro |
| Non-variable costs | Euro |
| Lease/rental payments for quota or other fishing rights | Euro |
| Subsidies | Operating subsidies | Euro |
| Subsidies on investments | Euro |
| Capital costs | Consumption of fixed capital | Euro |
| Capital value | Value of physical capital | Euro |
| Value of quota and other fishing rights | Euro |
| Investments | Investments in tangible assets, net | Euro |
| Financial position | Long/short Debt | Euro |
| Total assets | Euro |
| Employment | Engaged crew | Number |
| Unpaid labour | Number |
| Total hours worked per year | Number |
| Fleet | Number of vessels | Number |
| Mean LOA of vessels | Metres |
| Total vessel's tonnage | GT |
| Total vessel's power | kW |
| Mean age of vessels | Years |
| Effort | Days at sea | Days |
| Energy consumption | Litres |
| Number of fishing enterprises/units | Number of fishing enterprises/units | Number |
| Production value per species | Value of landings per species | Euro |
| Average price per species | Euro/kg |

Variable group

Variable

Unit

Income

Gross value of landings

Euro

Income from leasing out quota or other fishing rights

Euro

Other income

Euro

Labour costs

Personnel costs

Euro

Value of unpaid labour

Euro

Energy costs

Energy costs

Euro

Repair and maintenance costs

Repair and maintenance costs

Euro

Other operating costs

Variable costs

Euro

Non-variable costs

Euro

Lease/rental payments for quota or other fishing rights

Euro

Subsidies

Operating subsidies

Euro

Subsidies on investments

Euro

Capital costs

Consumption of fixed capital

Euro

Capital value

Value of physical capital

Euro

Value of quota and other fishing rights

Euro

Investments

Investments in tangible assets, net

Euro

Financial position

Long/short Debt

Euro

Total assets

Euro

Employment

Engaged crew

Number

Unpaid labour

Number

Total hours worked per year

Number

Fleet

Number of vessels

Number

Mean LOA of vessels

Metres

Total vessel's tonnage

GT

Total vessel's power

kW

Mean age of vessels

Years

Effort

Days at sea

Days

Energy consumption

Litres

Number of fishing enterprises/units

Number of fishing enterprises/units

Number

Production value per species

Value of landings per species

Euro

Average price per species

Euro/kg

FLEET ECONOMIC DATA

Table 5B

Fleet segmentation

| | Length classes (LOA) (26) |
| --- | --- |
| Active Vessels | 0-< 10 m
  0-< 6 m | 10-< 12 m
  6-< 12 m | 12-< 18 m | 18-< 24 m | 24-< 40 m | 40 m or larger |
| Using ‘Active’ gears | Beam trawlers | | | | | | |
| Demersal trawlers and/or demersal seiners | | | | | | |
| Pelagic trawlers | | | | | | |
| Purse seiners | | | | | | |
| Dredgers | | | | | | |
| Vessel using other active gears | | | | | | |
| Vessels using Polyvalent ‘active’ gears only | | | | | | |
| Using ‘Passive’ gears | Vessels using hooks | (27) | (27) | | | | |
| Drift and/or fixed netters | | | | |
| Vessels using Pots and/or traps | | | | |
| Vessels using other Passive gears | | | | |
| Vessels using Polyvalent ‘passive’ gears only | | | | |
| Using Polyvalent gears | Vessels using active and passive gears | | | | | | |
| Inactive vessels | | | | | | |

Length classes (LOA) (26)

Active Vessels

0-< 10 m

0-< 6 m

10-< 12 m

6-< 12 m

12-< 18 m

18-< 24 m

24-< 40 m

40 m or larger

Using ‘Active’ gears

Beam trawlers

Demersal trawlers and/or demersal seiners

Pelagic trawlers

Purse seiners

Dredgers

Vessel using other active gears

Vessels using Polyvalent ‘active’ gears only

Using ‘Passive’ gears

Vessels using hooks

(27)

(27)

Drift and/or fixed netters

Vessels using Pots and/or traps

Vessels using other Passive gears

Vessels using Polyvalent ‘passive’ gears only

Using Polyvalent gears

Vessels using active and passive gears

Inactive vessels

FLEET ECONOMIC DATA

Table 5C

Geographical stratification by region

| Sub-region/Fishing ground | Region | Supra region |
| --- | --- | --- |
| I | II | III |
| Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (NAFO Division) | NAFO (FAO area 21) | Baltic Sea; North Sea; Eastern Arctic; NAFO; Extended North-Western waters (Ices areas V, VI and VII) and Southern Western waters |
| Cluster of spatial units on level 4 as defined in Table 3 (ICES subdivision) | Baltic Sea (ICES areas III b-d) |
| Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (ICES Division) | North Sea (ICES areas IIIa and IV),
  Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II) |
| North-Western waters (ICES areas Vb (only Union waters), VI and VII) |
| Non-Union North-Western waters (ICES areas Va and Vb) (only non-Union waters)) |
| Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (ICES/CECAF Division) | Southern Western waters (ICES zones VIII, IX and X (waters around Azores),
  CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 (waters around Madeira and the Canary Islands)) |
| Cluster of spatial units on level 4 as defined in Table 3 (GSA) | Mediterranean Sea (Maritime Waters of the Mediterranean to the east of line 5° 36′ West),
  Black Sea (GFCM geographical sub-area as defined in Resolution FCM/33/2009/2) | Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea |
| RFMO's sampling sub-areas (except GFCM) | Other regions where fisheries are operated by Union vessels and managed by RFMOs to which the European Union is contracting party or observer (e.g. ICCAT, IOTC, CECAF etc.) | Other regions. |

Sub-region/Fishing ground

Region

Supra region

I

II

III

Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (NAFO Division)

NAFO (FAO area 21)

Baltic Sea; North Sea; Eastern Arctic; NAFO; Extended North-Western waters (Ices areas V, VI and VII) and Southern Western waters

Cluster of spatial units on level 4 as defined in Table 3 (ICES subdivision)

Baltic Sea (ICES areas III b-d)

Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (ICES Division)

North Sea (ICES areas IIIa and IV),

Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)

North-Western waters (ICES areas Vb (only Union waters), VI and VII)

Non-Union North-Western waters (ICES areas Va and Vb) (only non-Union waters))

Cluster of spatial units on level 3 as defined in Table 3 (ICES/CECAF Division)

Southern Western waters (ICES zones VIII, IX and X (waters around Azores),

CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 (waters around Madeira and the Canary Islands))

Cluster of spatial units on level 4 as defined in Table 3 (GSA)

Mediterranean Sea (Maritime Waters of the Mediterranean to the east of line 5° 36′ West),

Black Sea (GFCM geographical sub-area as defined in Resolution FCM/33/2009/2)

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea

RFMO's sampling sub-areas (except GFCM)

Other regions where fisheries are operated by Union vessels and managed by RFMOs to which the European Union is contracting party or observer (e.g. ICCAT, IOTC, CECAF etc.)

Other regions.

Table 6

Social variables for the fishing and aquaculture sectors

| Variable | Unit |
| --- | --- |
| Employment by gender | Number |
| FTE by gender | Number |
| Unpaid labour by gender | Number |
| Employment by age | Number |
| Employment by education level | Number per education level |
| Employment by nationality | Number from EU, EEA and Non-EU/EEA |
| Employment by employment status | Number |
| FTE National | Number |

Variable

Unit

Employment by gender

Number

FTE by gender

Number

Unpaid labour by gender

Number

Employment by age

Number

Employment by education level

Number per education level

Employment by nationality

Number from EU, EEA and Non-EU/EEA

Employment by employment status

Number

FTE National

Number

Table 7

Economic variables for the aquaculture sector

| Variable group | Variable | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Income
   (*2) | Gross sales per species | Euro |
| Other income | Euro |
| Personnel costs | Personnel costs | Euro |
| Value of unpaid labour | Euro |
| Energy costs | Energy costs | Euro |
| Raw material costs | Livestock costs | Euro |
| Feed costs | Euro |
| Repair and maintenance | Repair and maintenance | Euro |
| Other operating costs | Other operating costs | Euro |
| Subsidies | Operating subsidies | Euro |
| Subsidies on investments | Euro |
| Capital costs | Consumption of fixed capital | Euro |
| Capital value | Total value of assets | Euro |
| Financial results | Financial income | Euro |
| | Financial expenditures | Euro |
| Investments | Net Investments | Euro |
| Debt | Debt | Euro |
| Raw material weight | Livestock used | kg |
| Fish Feed used | kg |
| Weight of sales | Weight of sales per species | Kg |
| Employment | persons employed | Number/FTE |
| Unpaid labour | Number/FTE |
| Number of hours worked by employees and unpaid workers | Hours |
| Number of enterprises | Number of enterprises (by category on the number of persons employed) | Number |

Variable group

Variable

Unit

Income
   (*2)

Gross sales per species

Euro

Other income

Euro

Personnel costs

Personnel costs

Euro

Value of unpaid labour

Euro

Energy costs

Energy costs

Euro

Raw material costs

Livestock costs

Euro

Feed costs

Euro

Repair and maintenance

Repair and maintenance

Euro

Other operating costs

Other operating costs

Euro

Subsidies

Operating subsidies

Euro

Subsidies on investments

Euro

Capital costs

Consumption of fixed capital

Euro

Capital value

Total value of assets

Euro

Financial results

Financial income

Euro

Financial expenditures

Euro

Investments

Net Investments

Euro

Debt

Debt

Euro

Raw material weight

Livestock used

kg

Fish Feed used

kg

Weight of sales

Weight of sales per species

Kg

Employment

persons employed

Number/FTE

Unpaid labour

Number/FTE

Number of hours worked by employees and unpaid workers

Hours

Number of enterprises

Number of enterprises (by category on the number of persons employed)

Number

Table 8

Environmental variables for the aquaculture sector

| Variable | Specification | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medicines or treatments administered (28) | By type | Gram |
| Mortalities (29) | | Per cent |

Variable

Specification

Unit

Medicines or treatments administered (28)

By type

Gram

Mortalities (29)

Per cent

Table 9

Segmentation to be applied for the collection of aquaculture data
   (30)

| | Fish farming techniques (31) | Polyculture | Hatcheries and nurseries (32) | Shellfish farming techniques |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ponds | Tanks and raceways | Enclosures and pens (35) | Recirculation systems (34) | Other methods | Cages (36) | All methods | Off-bottom | On-bottom (33) | Other |
| Rafts | Long line |
| Salmon | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trout | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sea bass & Sea bream | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Carp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tuna | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eel | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sturgeon (Eggs for human consumption) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Other fresh water fish | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Other marine fish | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mussel | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oyster | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clam | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Crustaceans | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Other molluscs | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Multispecies | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seaweeds | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Other aquatic organisms | | | | | | | | | | | |

Fish farming techniques (31)

Polyculture

Hatcheries and nurseries (32)

Shellfish farming techniques

Ponds

Tanks and raceways

Enclosures and pens (35)

Recirculation systems (34)

Other methods

Cages (36)

All methods

Off-bottom

On-bottom (33)

Other

Rafts

Long line

Salmon

Trout

Sea bass & Sea bream

Carp

Tuna

Eel

Sturgeon (Eggs for human consumption)

Other fresh water fish

Other marine fish

Mussel

Oyster

Clam

Crustaceans

Other molluscs

Multispecies

Seaweeds

Other aquatic organisms

Table 10

Research surveys at sea

| Name of the survey | Acronym | Area | Period | Main targeted species |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baltic Sea |
| Baltic International Trawl Survey | BITS Q1
  BITS Q4 | IIIaS, IIIb-d | 1st and 4th Quarter | Cod and other demersal species |
| Baltic International Acoustic Survey (Autumn) | BIAS | IIIa, IIIb-d | Sep-Oct | Herring and sprat |
| Gulf of Riga Acoustic Herring Survey | GRAHS | IIId | 3rd Quarter | Herring |
| Sprat Acoustic Survey | SPRAS | IIId | May | Sprat and herring |
| Rügen Herring Larvae Survey | RHLS | IIId | March-June | Herring |
| North Sea and Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II) |
| International Bottom Trawl Survey | IBTS Q1
  IBTS Q3 | IIIa, IV | 1st and 3rd Quarter | Haddock, Cod, Saithe, Herring, Sprat, Whiting, Mackerel, Norway pout. |
| North Sea Beam Trawl Survey | BTS | IVb,IVc,VIId | 3rd Quarter | Plaice, Sole |
| Demersal Young Fish Survey | DYFS | Coasts of NS | 3rd and 4th Quarter | Plaice, sole, brown shrimp |
| Sole Net Survey | SNS | IVb, IVc | 3rd Quarter | Sole, Plaice |
| North Sea Sandeels Survey | NSSS | IVa, IVb | 4th Quarter | Sandeels |
| International Ecosystem Survey in the Nordic Seas | ASH | IIa | May | Herring, Blue whiting |
| Redfish Survey in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters | REDNOR | II | August- September | Redfish |
| Mackerel egg Survey
  (Triennial) | NSMEGS | IV | May-July | Mackerel egg production |
| Herring Larvae survey | IHLS | IV,VIId | 1st and 3rd Quarter | Herring, Sprat Larvae |
| NS Herring Acoustic Survey | NHAS | IIIa, IV,VIa | June, July | Herring, Sprat |
| Nephrops TVsurvey
  (FU 3&4) | NTV3&4 | IIIA | 2nd or 3rd Quarter | Nephrops |
| Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 6) | NTV6 | IVb | September | Nephrops |
| Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 7) | NTV7 | IVa | 2nd or 3rd Quarter | Nephrops |
| Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 8) | NTV8 | IVb | 2nd or 3rd Quarter | Nephrops |
| Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 9) | NTV9 | IVa | 2nd or 3rd Quarter | Nephrops |
| North Atlantic (ICES Areas V-XIV and NAFO areas) |
| International Redfish Trawl and Acoustic Survey (Biennial) | REDTAS | Va, XII, XIV; NAFO SA 1-3 | June/July | Redfish |
| Flemish Cap Groundfish survey | FCGS | 3M | July | Demersal species |
| Greenland Groundfish survey | GGS | XIV, NAFO SA1 | October/November | Cod, redfish and other demersal species |
| 3LNO Groundfish survey | PLATUXA | NAFO 3LNO | 2nd or 3rd Quarter | Demersal species |
| Western IBTS 4th quarter
  (including Porcupine survey) | IBTS Q4 | VIa, VII, VIII, IXa | 4th Quarter | Demersal species |
| Scottish Western IBTS | IBTS Q1 | VIa,VIIa | March | Gadoids, herring, mackerel |
| ISBCBTS September | ISBCBTS | VIIa f g | September | Sole, Plaice |
| WCBTS | VIIe BTS | VIIe | October | Sole, Plaice, Anglerfish, Lemon sole |
| Blue whiting survey | | VI, VII | 1st and 2nd Quarter | Blue whiting |
| International Mackerel and Horse Mackerel Egg Survey
  (Triennial) | MEGS | VIa, VII,VIII, IXa | January-July | Mackerel, Horse Mackerel egg production |
| Sardine, Anchovy Horse Mackerel Acoustic Survey | | VIII, IX | March-April-May | Sardine, Anchovy, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel abundance indices |
| Sardine DEPM
  (Triennial) | | VIIIc, IXa | 2nd and 4th Quarter | Sardine SSB and use of CUFES |
| Spawning/Pre-spawning Herring/Boarfish acoustic survey | | VIa, VIIa-g | July, Sept, Nov, March, Jan | Herring, Sprat |
| Biomass of Anchovy | BIOMAN | VIII | May | Anchovy SSB (DEP) |
| Nephrops UWTV survey (offshore) | UWTV
  (FU 11-13) | VIa | 2nd or 3rd Quarter | Nephrops |
| Nephrops UWTV
  Irish Sea | UWTV
  (FU 15) | VIIa | August | Nephrops |
| Nephrops UWTV survey
  Aran Grounds | UWTV
  (FU 17) | VIIb | June | Nephrops |
| Nephrops UWTV survey
  Celtic Sea | UWTV
  (FU 20-22) | VIIg,h,j | July | Nephrops |
| Nephrops Survey
  Offshore Portugal NepS | UWTV
  (FU 28-29) | IXa | June | Nephrops |
| Mediterranean waters and Black sea |
| Pan-Mediterranean Acoustic Survey () | MEDIAS | GSA 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22 | Spring-summer (qtrs 2-3) | Small pelagic species |
| Bottom trawl survey in Black Sea, | BTSBS | GSA 29 | Spring-autumn (qtrs 2, 3, 4) | Turbot |
| Pelagic trawl survey in Black Sea, | PTSBS | GSA 29 | Spring-autumn (qtrs 2, 3, 4) | Sprat and whiting |
| International bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean (), | MEDITS | GSA 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25 | Spring-summer (qtrs 2-3) | Demersal species |

Name of the survey

Acronym

Area

Period

Main targeted species

Baltic Sea

Baltic International Trawl Survey

BITS Q1

BITS Q4

IIIaS, IIIb-d

1st and 4th Quarter

Cod and other demersal species

Baltic International Acoustic Survey (Autumn)

BIAS

IIIa, IIIb-d

Sep-Oct

Herring and sprat

Gulf of Riga Acoustic Herring Survey

GRAHS

IIId

3rd Quarter

Herring

Sprat Acoustic Survey

SPRAS

IIId

May

Sprat and herring

Rügen Herring Larvae Survey

RHLS

IIId

March-June

Herring

North Sea and Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)

International Bottom Trawl Survey

IBTS Q1

IBTS Q3

IIIa, IV

1st and 3rd Quarter

Haddock, Cod, Saithe, Herring, Sprat, Whiting, Mackerel, Norway pout.

North Sea Beam Trawl Survey

BTS

IVb,IVc,VIId

3rd Quarter

Plaice, Sole

Demersal Young Fish Survey

DYFS

Coasts of NS

3rd and 4th Quarter

Plaice, sole, brown shrimp

Sole Net Survey

SNS

IVb, IVc

3rd Quarter

Sole, Plaice

North Sea Sandeels Survey

NSSS

IVa, IVb

4th Quarter

Sandeels

International Ecosystem Survey in the Nordic Seas

ASH

IIa

May

Herring, Blue whiting

Redfish Survey in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters

REDNOR

II

August- September

Redfish

Mackerel egg Survey

(Triennial)

NSMEGS

IV

May-July

Mackerel egg production

Herring Larvae survey

IHLS

IV,VIId

1st and 3rd Quarter

Herring, Sprat Larvae

NS Herring Acoustic Survey

NHAS

IIIa, IV,VIa

June, July

Herring, Sprat

Nephrops TVsurvey

(FU 3&4)

NTV3&4

IIIA

2nd or 3rd Quarter

Nephrops

Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 6)

NTV6

IVb

September

Nephrops

Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 7)

NTV7

IVa

2nd or 3rd Quarter

Nephrops

Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 8)

NTV8

IVb

2nd or 3rd Quarter

Nephrops

Nephrops TVsurvey (FU 9)

NTV9

IVa

2nd or 3rd Quarter

Nephrops

North Atlantic (ICES Areas V-XIV and NAFO areas)

International Redfish Trawl and Acoustic Survey (Biennial)

REDTAS

Va, XII, XIV; NAFO SA 1-3

June/July

Redfish

Flemish Cap Groundfish survey

FCGS

3M

July

Demersal species

Greenland Groundfish survey

GGS

XIV, NAFO SA1

October/November

Cod, redfish and other demersal species

3LNO Groundfish survey

PLATUXA

NAFO 3LNO

2nd or 3rd Quarter

Demersal species

Western IBTS 4th quarter

(including Porcupine survey)

IBTS Q4

VIa, VII, VIII, IXa

4th Quarter

Demersal species

Scottish Western IBTS

IBTS Q1

VIa,VIIa

March

Gadoids, herring, mackerel

ISBCBTS September

ISBCBTS

VIIa f g

September

Sole, Plaice

WCBTS

VIIe BTS

VIIe

October

Sole, Plaice, Anglerfish, Lemon sole

Blue whiting survey

VI, VII

1st and 2nd Quarter

Blue whiting

International Mackerel and Horse Mackerel Egg Survey

(Triennial)

MEGS

VIa, VII,VIII, IXa

January-July

Mackerel, Horse Mackerel egg production

Sardine, Anchovy Horse Mackerel Acoustic Survey

VIII, IX

March-April-May

Sardine, Anchovy, Mackerel, Horse Mackerel abundance indices

Sardine DEPM

(Triennial)

VIIIc, IXa

2nd and 4th Quarter

Sardine SSB and use of CUFES

Spawning/Pre-spawning Herring/Boarfish acoustic survey

VIa, VIIa-g

July, Sept, Nov, March, Jan

Herring, Sprat

Biomass of Anchovy

BIOMAN

VIII

May

Anchovy SSB (DEP)

Nephrops UWTV survey (offshore)

UWTV

(FU 11-13)

VIa

2nd or 3rd Quarter

Nephrops

Nephrops UWTV

Irish Sea

UWTV

(FU 15)

VIIa

August

Nephrops

Nephrops UWTV survey

Aran Grounds

UWTV

(FU 17)

VIIb

June

Nephrops

Nephrops UWTV survey

Celtic Sea

UWTV

(FU 20-22)

VIIg,h,j

July

Nephrops

Nephrops Survey

Offshore Portugal NepS

UWTV

(FU 28-29)

IXa

June

Nephrops

Mediterranean waters and Black sea

Pan-Mediterranean Acoustic Survey ()

MEDIAS

GSA 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22

Spring-summer (qtrs 2-3)

Small pelagic species

Bottom trawl survey in Black Sea,

BTSBS

GSA 29

Spring-autumn (qtrs 2, 3, 4)

Turbot

Pelagic trawl survey in Black Sea,

PTSBS

GSA 29

Spring-autumn (qtrs 2, 3, 4)

Sprat and whiting

International bottom trawl survey in the Mediterranean (),

MEDITS

GSA 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25

Spring-summer (qtrs 2-3)

Demersal species

Table 11

Economic and social variables for the processing industry sector that may be collected on a voluntary basis

| Variable group | Variable | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ECONOMIC VARIABLES |
| Income | Turnover | Euro |
| Other income | Euro |
| Personnel costs | Personnel costs | Euro |
| Value of unpaid labour | Euro |
| Payment for external agency workers (optional) | Euro |
| Energy costs | Energy costs | Euro |
| Raw material costs | Purchase of fish and other raw material for production | Euro |
| Other operational costs | Other operational costs | Euro |
| Subsidies | Operating subsidies | Euro |
| Subsidies on investments | Euro |
| Capital costs | Consumption of fixed capital | Euro |
| Capital value | Total value of assets | Euro |
| Financial results | Financial income | Euro |
| Financial expenditures | Euro |
| Investments | Net investments | Euro |
| Debt | Debt | Euro |
| Employment | Number of persons employed | Number |
| FTE National | Number |
| Unpaid labour | Number |
| Number of hours worked by employees and unpaid workers | Number |
| Number of enterprises | Number of enterprises | Number |
| Weight of raw material (optional) | Weight of raw material per species and origin (optional) | Kg |
| SOCIAL VARIABLES |
| Employment by gender | Number |
| Employment by age | Number |
| Employment by education level | Number per education level |
| Employment by nationality | Number per country in the world |
| FTE National | Number |

Variable group

Variable

Unit

ECONOMIC VARIABLES

Income

Turnover

Euro

Other income

Euro

Personnel costs

Personnel costs

Euro

Value of unpaid labour

Euro

Payment for external agency workers (optional)

Euro

Energy costs

Energy costs

Euro

Raw material costs

Purchase of fish and other raw material for production

Euro

Other operational costs

Other operational costs

Euro

Subsidies

Operating subsidies

Euro

Subsidies on investments

Euro

Capital costs

Consumption of fixed capital

Euro

Capital value

Total value of assets

Euro

Financial results

Financial income

Euro

Financial expenditures

Euro

Investments

Net investments

Euro

Debt

Debt

Euro

Employment

Number of persons employed

Number

FTE National

Number

Unpaid labour

Number

Number of hours worked by employees and unpaid workers

Number

Number of enterprises

Number of enterprises

Number

Weight of raw material (optional)

Weight of raw material per species and origin (optional)

Kg

SOCIAL VARIABLES

Employment by gender

Number

Employment by age

Number

Employment by education level

Number per education level

Employment by nationality

Number per country in the world

FTE National

Number

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(1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1).

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (OJ L 112, 30.4.2011, p. 1).

(3)  Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22).

(4)  As specified in Annex XI of Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.

(5)  Data on the processing industry may be collected on a voluntary base, in that case the segmentation and variable in Table 11 may be used.

(6)  See Table 2.

(7)  Including specific requirements for RFMOs such as specified in Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea (OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 44).

(8)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 25).

(9)  Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(10)  Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 1).

(11)  International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.

(12)  International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission.

(13)  Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations.

(14)  To be reported at species level.

(15)  Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean.

(16)  OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic.

(17)  Helcom Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area.

(18)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002 establishing specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks (OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6).

(19)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).

(20)  Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 of 29 April 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (OJ L 132, 23.5.1997, p. 1).

(21)  Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).

(22)  General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.

(23)  Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).

(24)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel (OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 17).

(25)  All variables to be reported at the aggregation level (metiers and fleet segment) specified in Table 3 and Table 5B. and by Sub-region/Fishing ground as specified in Table 5Cb.

(*1)  Collection of these variables for vessels less than 10 metres is to be agreed at marine region level

(26)  For vessels less than 12 metres in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black sea, the length categories are 0-< 6, 6-< 12 metres. For all other regions, the length categories are defined as 0-< 10, 10-< 12 metres.

(27)  Vessels less than 12 metres using passive gears in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea may be disaggregated by gear type. The fleet segment definition shall also include an indication of the supraregion and, if available, a geographical indicator to identify vessels fishing in outermost regions and exclusively outside EU waters

(*2)  Includes direct payments, e.g. compensation for stopping trading, refunds of fuel duty or similar lump sum compensation payments; excludes social benefit payments and indirect subsidies, e.g. reduced duty on inputs such as fuel or investment subsidies.

(28)  Extrapolated from data recorded under Annex I, point 8(b), of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1).

(29)  Extrapolated as a percentage of national production from data recorded under Council Directive 2006/88/EC (OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14), Article 8, Paragraph 1(b).

(30)  For definitions of farming techniques, see Regulation (EC) No 762/2008.

(31)  Enterprises shall be segmented according to their main farming technique.

(32)  Hatcheries and nurseries are defined as places for the artificial breeding, hatching and rearing through the early life stages of aquatic animals. For statistical purposes, hatcheries are limited to the production of fertilised eggs. Further juveniles stages of aquatic animals are considered being produced in nurseries. When hatcheries and nurseries are closely associated, statistics shall refer only to the latest juvenile stage produced. (COM(2006) 864 of 19 July 2007)

(33)  
  ‘On-bottom’ techniques cover shellfish farming in inter-tidal areas (directly on the ground or surelevated)

(34)  Recirculation systems means systems where the water is reused after some form of treatment (e.g. filtering).

(35)  Enclosures and pens are defined as areas of water confined by nets, mesh and other barriers allowing uncontrolled water interchange and distinguished by the fact that enclosures occupy the full water column between substrate and surface; pens and enclosures generally enclose a relatively large volume of water. (COM(2006) 864 of 19 July 2007).

(36)  Cages are defined as open or covered enclosed structures constructed with net, mesh or any porous material allowing natural water interchange. These structures may be floating, suspended or fixed to the substrate but still permitting water interchange from below. (COM(2006) 864 of 19 July 2007).

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