Member States must report the nominal catches of those species marked with an asterisk (*). The reporting of nominal catches of the remaining species is optional as concerns the identification of the individual species. However, where data for individual species are not submitted the data shall be included in aggregate categories. Member States may submit data for species not in the list provided that the species are clearly identified.
Note | : | ‘n.e.i.’ is the abbreviation for ‘not elsewhere identified’. |
English name | 3-alpha identifier | Scientific name |
GROUNDFISH | ||
Atlantic cod | COD (*) | Gadus morhua |
Haddock | HAD (*) | Melanogrammus aeglefinus |
Atlantic redfishes n.e.i. | RED (*) | Sebastes spp. |
Silver hake | HKS (*) | Merluccius bilinearis |
Red hake | HKR (*) | Urophycis chuss |
Saithe (= pollock) | POK (*) | Pollachius virens |
Golden redfish | REG (*) | Sebastes marinus |
Beaked redfish | REB (*) | Sebastes mentella |
American plaice (L. R. dab) | PLA (*) | Hippoglossoides platessoides |
Witch flounder | WIT | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus |
Yellowtail flounder | YEL (*) | Limanda ferruginea |
Greenland halibut | GHL (*) | Reinhardtius hippoglossoides |
Atlantic halibut | HAL (*) | Hippoglossus hippoglossus |
Winter flounder | FLW (*) | Pseudopleuronectes americanus |
Summer flounder | FLS (*) | Paralichthys dentatus |
Windowpane flounder | FLD (*) | Scophthalmus aquosus |
Flatfishes n.e.i. | FLX | Pleuronectiformes |
American angler | ANG (*) | Lophius americanus |
Atlantic searobins | SRA | Prionotus spp. |
Atlantic tomcod | TOM | Microgadus tomcod |
Blue antimora | ANT | Antimora rostrata |
Blue whiting (= poutassou) | WHB | Micromesistius poutassou |
Cunner | CUN | Tautogolabrus adspersus |
Cusk (= tusk) | USK | Brosme brosme |
Greenland cod | GRC | Gadus ogac |
Blue ling | BLI | Molva dypterygia |
Ling | LIN (*) | Molva molva |
Lumpfish (= lumpsucker) | LUM (*) | Cyclopterus lumpus |
Northern kingfish | KGF | Menticirrhus saxatilis |
Northern puffer | PUF | Sphoeroides maculatus |
Eelpouts n.e.i. | ELZ | Lycodes spp. |
Ocean pout | OPT | Zoarces americanus |
Polar cod | POC | Boreogadus saida |
Roundnose grenadier | RNG | Coryphaenoides rupestris |
Roughhead grenadier | RHG | Macrourus berglax |
Sandeels (= sand lances) | SAN | Ammodytes spp. |
Sculpins n.e.i. | SCU | Myoxocephalus spp. |
Scup | SCP | Stenotomus chrysops |
Tautog | TAU | Tautoga onitis |
Tilefish | TIL | Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps |
White hake | HKW (*) | Urophycis tenuis |
Wolf-fishes n.e.i. | CAT (*) | Anarhichas spp. |
Atlantic wolf-fish | CAA (*) | Anarhichas lupus |
Spotted wolf-fish | CAS (*) | Anarhichas minor |
Groundfishes n.e.i. | GRO | Osteichthyes |
PELAGIC FISH | ||
Atlantic herring | HER (*) | Clupea harengus |
Atlantic mackerel | MAC (*) | Scomber scombrus |
Atlantic butterfish | BUT | Peprilus triacanthus |
Atlantic menhaden | MHA (*) | Brevoortia tyrannus |
Atlantic saury | SAU | Scomberesox saurus |
Bay anchovy | ANB | Anchoa mitchilli |
Bluefish | BLU | Pomatomus saltatrix |
Crevalle Jack | CVJ | Caranx hippos |
Frigate tuna | FRI | Auxis thazard |
King mackerel | KGM | Scomberomorus cavalla |
Atlantic Spanish mackerel | SSM (*) | Scomberomorus maculatus |
Sailfish | SAI | Istiophorus albicans |
White marlin | WHM | Tetrapturus albidus |
Blue marlin | BUM | Makaira nigricans |
Swordfish | SWO | Xiphias gladius |
Albacore tuna | ALB | Thunnus alalunga |
Atlantic bonito | BON | Sarda sarda |
Little tunny | LTA | Euthynnus alletteratus |
Bigeye tuna | BET | Thunnus obesus |
Northern bluefish tuna | BFT | Thunnus thynnus |
Skipjack tuna | SKJ | Katsuwonus pelamis |
Yellowfin tuna | YFT | Thunnus albacares |
Tunas n.e.i. | TUN | Thunnini |
Pelagic fishes n.e.i. | PEL | Osteichthyes |
OTHER FIN FISH | ||
Alewife | ALE | Alosa pseudoharengus |
Amberjacks n.e.i. | AMX | Seriola spp. |
American conger | COA | Conger oceanicus |
American eel | ELA | Anguilla rostrata |
American shad | SHA | Alosa sapidissima |
Argentines n.e.i. | ARG | Argentina spp. |
Atlantic croaker | CKA | Micropogonias undulatus |
Atlantic needlefish | NFA | Strongylura marina |
Atlantic thread herring | THA | Opisthonema oglinum |
Baird's slickhead | ALC | Alepocephalus bairdii |
Black drum | BDM | Pogonias cromis |
Black sea bass | BSB | Centropristis striata |
Blueback herring | BBH | Alosa aestivalis |
Capelin | CAP (*) | Mallotus villosus |
Char n.e.i. | CHR | Salvelinus spp. |
Cobia | CBA | Rachycentron canadum |
Common (= Florida) pompano | POM | Trachinotus carolinus |
Gizzard shad | SHG | Dorosoma cepedianum |
Grunts n.e.i. | GRX | Haemulidae |
Hickory shad | SHH | Alosa mediocris |
Lanternfish | LAX | Notoscopelus spp. |
Mullets n.e.i. | MUL | Mugilidae |
North Atlantic harvestfish | HVF | Peprilus alepidotus |
Pigfish | PIG | Orthopristis chrysoptera |
Rainbow smelt | SMR | Osmerus mordax |
Red drum | RDM | Sciaenops ocellatus |
Red porgy | RPG | Pagrus pagrus |