EU catches in the North-West Atlantic in 2006.
Date: 2013-11-06
Institutions: Eurostat
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, catch by species, catch of fish, fishing statistics

Eurostat 
DATA 
in focus 

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EU Catches in the North-West Atlantic in 2006 

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES 

Fisheries 

Author: Steffie BOS 

15/2007 

Table 1: EU-27  Catches in the North-West Atlantic 
(tonnes live weight) 

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK

EU-27

IS
NO

EEA

-
-
-
447
-
3 243
-
-
20 065
-
-
-
1 026
980
-
-
-
-
-
-
12 543
-
-
-
-
-
-

38 304

8 232
12 017

58 553

-
-
-
403
495
2 010
-
-
20 847
-
-
-
1 253
1 585
-
-
-
-
-
-
9 172
-
-
-
-
-
129

35 894

20 682
7 534

64 110

-
-
-
421
450
3 239
-
-
27 938
-
-
-
997
1 785
-
-
-
-
-
-
9 010
-
-
-
-
-
23

43 863

7 197
3 808

-
-
-
550
355
5 533
-
-
30 922
-
-
-
1 191
3 107
-
-
-
-
-
148
9 621
-
-
-
-
-
332

51 759

6 572
2 684

-
-
-
236
569
10 835
-
-
37 274
-
-
-
3 080
3 370
-
-
-
-
-
894
16 561
-
-
-
-
-
-

72 819

9 148
4 343

-
-
-
-
4 475
13 697
-
-
44 907
-
-
-
3 397
4 048
-
-
-
-
-
1 732
12 842
-
-
-
-
-
-

85 098

9 363
4 424

-
-
-
93
817
12 233
-
-
40 191
-
-
-
3 330
7 596
-
-
-
-
-
761
14 949
-
-
-
-
-
-

79 970

5 077
14 527

-
-
-
359
2 861
15 016
-
-
34 077
-
-
-
2 742
10 948
-
-
-
-
-
428
18 483
-
-
-
-
-
-

84 914

6 878
14 370

-
-
-
1 006
3 549
16 000
-
-
35 050
-
-
-
4 575
11 671
-
-
-
-
-
921
22 680
-
-
-
-
-
547

95 999

7 226
24 794

54 868

61 015

86 310

98 885

99 574

106 162

128 019

-
-
-
2 754
1 587
16 259
-
-
19 395
-
-
-
3 979
8 644
-
-
-
-
-
2 199
13 508
-
-
-
-
-
-

68 325

7 588
13 135

89 048

-
-
-
3 696
1 591
14 690
-
-
20 804
-
-
-
2 806
5 484
-
-
-
-
-
1 285
12 985
-
-
-
-
-
-

63 341

6 814
2 450

72 605

-
-
-
3 631
1 541
11 515
-
-
21 589
-
-
-
2 184
2 831
-
-
-
-
-
1 093
12 884
-
-
-
-
-
547

57 814

3 724
2 338
63 876  

Source: Eurostat 

Figure 1: EU-27 Catches in the North-West Atlantic in 2006 

EE
20%

PT
22%

ES
37%

Other
20%

LT
5%

LV
4%

DK
6%

DE
3%

PL
2%

UK
1%

Manuscript completed on: 14.08.2007 
Data extracted on: 13.08.2007 

ISSN 1977-0340 
Catalogue number: KS-QA-07-015-EN-N 

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Table 2: EU-27  Catches in the North-West Atlantic by NAFO-division in 2006 
(tonnes live weight) 

Total 
North-West 
Atlantic

3 631
1 541
11 515
21 589
2 184
2 831
1 093
12 884
547

57 814

3 724
2 338

63 876

DK
DE
EE
ES
LV
LT
PL
PT
UK

EU-27

IS
NO

EEA

NAFO 0

NAFO 1

NAFO 2

NAFO 3

NAFO 4

NAFO 5

NAFO 6

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-
-

-

3 631
1 537
-
3 195
342
466
624
296
-

10 092

1 540
1 632

13 264

-
4
-
5
-
-
-
-
-

9

-
-

9

-
-
11 512
16 034
1 842
2 365
469
12 437
547

45 206

2 184
706

48 096

-
-
-
20
-
-
-
-
-

20

-
-

20

Figure 2: Map of the North-West Atlantic 

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-
-

-

-
-
3
2 334
-
-
-
151
-

2 487

-
-

2 487

Source: Eurostat 

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DATA IN FOCUS — 15/2007 — Agriculture and fisheries 

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Table 3: Major species caught by EU-27 countries in the North-West Atlantic 
(tonnes live weight) 

Northern prawn - Pandalus borealis

PRA

2 677

2 578

7 035 11 644 19 673 22 380 17 362 20 085 23 242 27 114 23 124 18 320

Atlantic redfishes nei - Sebastes spp.

RED

5 093

2 723

2 514

5 054 12 016 16 115 14 686 18 380 22 931 14 046 15 723 15 408

Greenland halibut - Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

GHL

11 077 11 101 11 738 10 831 13 354 14 652 18 728 18 881 18 990

8 355

8 733

8 622

3-alpha
code

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Raja rays nei - Raja spp.

Beaked redfish - Sebastes mentella

Blue shark - Prionace glauca

SKA

REB

BSH

:

:

:

:

Roundnose grenadier- Coryphaenoides rupestris

RNG

2 649

261

Swordfish - Xiphias gladius

SWO

:

:

:

:

4

:

:

:

5

:

:

:

-

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

776

11

1 519

2 236

:

:

1 150

1 398

20

5 134

4 552

3 464

2 585

2 480

1 100

:

:

:

:

:

6 572

5 373 10 237

9 216 11 563 14 958 12 440

7 876 10 746

8 201

3 037

5 418

Amer. plaice(=Long rough dab) - Hippoglossoides platessoides

PLA

724

949

1 391

1 494

2 181

1 934

1 852

1 457

1 765

1 115

Roughhead grenadier - Macrourus berglax

RHG

1 377

3 884

4 505

7 140

7 017

8 470

1 747

1 419

1 591

1 155

1 096

Yellowtail flounder - Limanda ferruginea

YEL

64

261

656

649

1 182

990

1 021

Atlantic cod - Gadus morhua

White hake - Urophycis tenuis

Witch flounder - Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Wolffishes(=Catfishes) nei - Anarhichas spp.

Red hake - Urophycis chuss

Atlantic halibut - Hippoglossus hippoglossus

COD

2 234

1 642

1 570

HKW

38

186

304

550

487

328

426

203

806

351

496

425

625

357

308

406

688

4 941

6 123

1 811

WIT

CAT

HKR

HAL

1 469

1 872

1 694

1 734

1 692

1 721

1 929

1 282

1 617

1 233

1 553

814

719

611

1 071

588

928

620

725

339

1 013

1 012

1 218

1 428

1 605

2 034

3 131

1 248

84

63

61

89

150

124

179

203

315

444

825

134

751

913

416

166

488

619

389

713

71

921

841

530

467

393

370

178

93

36

30

Total fishery products

F00

38 304 35 894 43 863 51 759 72 819 85 098 79 970 84 914 95 999 68 325 63 341 57 814

Source: Eurostat

Spain - 2006

Portugal - 2006

Total fishery products
GHL Greenland halibut
Raja rays nei
SKA
Atlantic redfishes nei
RED
Beaked redfish
REB
Blue shark
BSH
PRA
Northern prawn
RNG Roundnose grenadier

Estonia - 2006

Total fishery products
Northern prawn
PRA
Atlantic redfishes nei
RED
GHL Greenland halibut
SKA

Raja rays nei

21 589
5 305
4 021
3 600
1 612
1 387
1 127
1 035

11 515
9 242
1 260
371
258

   PRA - Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis)

 RED - Atlantic redfishes nei (Sebastes spp.)

Total fishery products
RED
GHL
SKA
PLA
YEL
COD
WIT Witch flounder

Atlantic redfishes nei
Greenland halibut
Raja rays nei
Amer. plaice(=Long rough dab)
Yellowtail flounder
Atlantic cod

12 884
8 099
2 327
1 003
362
194
177
137

Lithuania - 2006

Total fishery products
Northern prawn
PRA
Atlantic redfishes nei
RED
Raja rays nei
SKA
Greenland halibut
GHL

Denmark - 2006

United Kingdom - 2006

Total fishery products
Northern prawn
PRA

3 631
3 631

Total fishery products
Northern prawn
PRA

GHL - Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)

Latvia - 2006

Germany - 2006

2 831
1 730
863
136
56

547
547

1 541
995
544
2

Total fishery products
RED
GHL
RNG Roundnose grenadier

Atlantic redfishes nei
Greenland halibut

Total fishery products
Northern prawn
PRA
Atlantic redfishes nei
RED
GHL Greenland halibut

Poland - 2006

Total fishery products
Beaked redfish
REB
Northern prawn
PRA

2 184
1 574
592
18

1 093
624
469

              SKA - Raja rays nei (Raja spp. )

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M E T H O D O L O G I C A L   N O T E S  

Countries 
EU-27  European Union (27 member countries) 
EEA  European Economic Area 
BE  Belgium 
BG  Bulgaria 
CZ  Czech Republic 
DK  Denmark 
DE  Germany 
EE  Estonia 

Ireland 
IE 
EL  Greece 
ES  Spain 
FR  France 
Italy 
IT 
CY  Cyprus 

LV  Latvia 
LT  Lithuania 
LU  Luxembourg 
HU Hungary 
MT Malta 
NL  Netherlands 

AT  Austria 
PL  Poland 
PT  Portugal 
RO Romania 
SI  Slovenia 
SK  Slovakia 

FI  Finland 
SE  Sweden 
UK  United Kingdom 
IS 
Iceland 
NO Norway 

Symbols and abbreviations 
: 
- 
0 
nei  Not elsewhere identified 

Not available 
Zero 
Less than half the final digit shown and greater than real zero 

Notes 
EU Member States, Iceland and Norway submit data on their catches in the North West Atlantic under 
the terms of Council Regulation (EEC) 2018/93, amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 1636/2001. 

For  statistical  purposes  the  North-West  Atlantic  fishing  area  is  divided  by  the  Northwest  Atlantic 
Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)   into  6 subareas (NAFO  1-6).    The  NAFO subareas  and  divisions  are 
shown on the map on page 2. 

Catches  are  reported  in  the  live  weight  equivalent  of  the  landings.  They  are  derived  from  the  landed 
weight  of  the  fishery  products  to  which  conversion  factors  have  been  applied.  The  data  exclude 
quantities which are caught but not landed. 

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