Species FAO code: LDB

Lepidorhombus boscii

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Conservation measures
Marketing standards
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Belgium	fr Cardine nl Scharretong	–
Croatia	hr crnopjega patarača	–
Czech Republic	cs Kambala	–
Denmark	da Fireplettet glashvarre	–
Finland	fi nelitäplälasikampela sv fyrfläckig var	–
France	fr cardine à quatre taches fr cardine	–
Ireland	en Four-spot megrim ga Scoilteán na gceithre shúil	–
Italy	it Rombo quattrocchi [Lepidorhombus bosci synonym for Lepidorhombus boscii]	–
Malta	en Four-spot megrim it Rombo quattrocchi mt Lingwata ta erba' tikek	–
Portugal	pt Carta pt Areeiro-quatro-manchas pt Areeiro	–
Slovenia	sl štiripegasti krilati romb	–
Spain	es Gallo	Balearic Islands: Bruixa Cantabria: Ojito Catalonia: Bruixa de quatre taques Valencia: Bruixa de quatre taques Galicia: Rapante de manchas Basque Country: Itxas oillarra Catalonia: Bruixes
Sweden	sv Fyrfläckig var	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810)

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

≥ 25.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.3.a Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division IIIa)

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 20.0 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

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)

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)

FLX/05B-F.

Pleuronectiformes

Fishing areas

27.5.b Faeroes Grounds (Division Vb) Faroese waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

0.0 t

Stocks (2021)

LEZ/07.

Lepidorhombus

Fishing areas

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

18365.0 t

Union

14718.0 t

2844.0 t

35% of this quota may be fished in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE).

5154.0 t

35% of this quota may be fished in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE).

464.0 t

10% of this quota may be used in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE) for by-catches in directed fisheries for sole.

6256.0 t

35% of this quota may be fished in 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e (LEZ/*8ABDE).

Stocks (2021)

LEZ/2AC4-C

Lepidorhombus

Fishing areas

27.2.a Norwegian Sea (Division IIa) United Kingdom waters
27.4 North Sea (Subarea IV) United Kingdom and Union waters

TAC

2587.0 t

Union

97.0 t