Species FAO code: BOC

Capros aper

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Conservation measures
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Cyprus	el κάπρος	–
Denmark	da Havgalt	–
France	fr sanglier de mer	–
Ireland	en Boarfish ga Torciasc	–
Portugal	pt impim pt Mini-saia pt Tem-te-em-pé	–
Slovenia	sl merjaščevka	–
Spain	es Ochavo	Catalonia: Xavo Basque Country: Carnava

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Capros aper (Linnaeus, 1758)

TACs and quotas

Total allowable catches (TACs) or fishing opportunities, are catch limits (expressed in tonnes or numbers) that are set for most commercial fish stocks. TACs are set annually for most stocks (every two years for deep-sea stocks) by the Council of fisheries ministers. TACs are shared between EU countries in the form of national quotas. For each stock a different allocation percentage per EU country is applied for the sharing out of the quotas. Read more: TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

BOR/678-

Caproidae

Fishing areas

27.8 Bay of Biscay (Subarea VIII)
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)

TAC

19152.0 t

Union

17934.0 t

4700.0 t

13234.0 t

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Capros aper (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific name

Capros aper

Author

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

FAO code

BOC

Morphological description

Eye large; snout as long as eye or longer. Mouth very protractile, forming a short tube when protruded. Third dorsal and anal spines only a little longer and stronger than the others. Body depth more than one and a half times in standard length. Vertebrae 21-23.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyCaproidae
    - GenusCapros
      - SpeciesCapros aper

Synonyms

Zeus aper Linnaeus, 1758
Perca pusilla Brünnich, 1768
Perca brunnich Lacepède, 1802

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Capros aper (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Capros aper

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea