Genus FAO code: MAZ

Scomber

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Commercial designations
Conservation measures
Marketing standards
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Croatia	hr plavice hr skušovke	–
Cyprus	el είδος κολιού	–
Lithuania	lt paprastosios skumbrės	–
Slovenia	sl skuše	–

Minimum conservation reference sizes

As defined in art. 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015, which admends article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, where minimum conservation reference sizes are established, they shall constitute minimum marketing sizes. More

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 20.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.5 Iceland and Faeroes Grounds (Subarea V)
27.6 Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland, (the Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland also known as the West of Scotland) (Subarea VI)
27.7 Irish Sea, West of Ireland, Porcupine Bank, Eastern and Western English Channel, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea North and South, and Southwest of Ireland - East and West (Subarea VII)

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 20.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.3.a Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division IIIa)

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 30.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.1.a Barents Sea - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.2.a.1 Norwegian Sea - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.2.b.1 Spitzbergen and Bear Island - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.6.b.1 Rockall - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.7.c.1 Porcupine Bank - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.7.j.1 Southwest of Ireland - East - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.7.k.1 Southwest of Ireland - West - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.8.d.1 Bay of Biscay - Offshore - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.8.e.1 West of Bay of Biscay - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.9.b.1 Portuguese Waters - West Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.10.a.1 Azores Grounds - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.12.a.1 Subdivision XIIa1 - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.12.a.2 Subdivision XIIa2 - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.14.b.1 Southeast Greenland - Parts of NEAFC Regulatory Area (Division XIVb1)
27.5.b.1.a Faroe Plateau - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area (Unit Vb1a)

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 18.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

37.1 Western Mediterranean
37.2 Central Mediterranean
37.3 Eastern Mediterranean

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 30.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

North Sea: the North Sea shall comprise ICES sub-area 4, the adjacent part of ICES Division 2a lying south of latitude 64° N, and that part of ICES Division 3a which is not covered by the definition of Skagerrak

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 20.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.8 Bay of Biscay (Subarea VIII)
27.9 Portuguese Waters (Subarea IX)
27.10 Azores Grounds (Subarea X)
34.2 Northern Oceanic
34.1.1 Morocco Coastal
34.1.2 Canaries/Madeira Insular

As defined in art. 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015, which admends article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, where minimum conservation reference sizes are established, they shall constitute minimum marketing sizes. More

Scientific name

Scomber

Rank

Genus

FAO code

MAZ

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyScombridae
    - GenusScomber

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