Species FAO code: MCH

Macrourus holotrachys

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

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Estonia	et Lõunaatlandi pikksaba	–
France	fr grenadier antarctique fr grenadier	–
Portugal	pt Granadeiro pt Lagartixa pt Peixe-prata	–
Spain	es Granadero	–
Sweden	sv Sydlig grenadjär	–

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878

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)

GRV/514GRN

Macrourus

Fishing areas

27.14 East Greenland (Subarea XIV) Greenland waters
27.5 Iceland and Faeroes Grounds (Subarea V) Greenland waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

75.0 t

Special condition: roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) (RNG/514GRN) and roughhead grenadier (Macrourus berglax) (RHG/514GRN) shall not be targeted. They shall only be taken as by-catch and shall be reported separately.

Stocks (2021)

GRV/N1GRN.

Macrourus

Fishing areas

21.1 Baffin Bay, Davis Strait Greenland waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

60.0 t

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878

Scientific name

Macrourus holotrachys

Author

Günther, 1878

Rank

Species

FAO code

MCH

Morphological description

Light to medium brown or greyish brown; fins darker, especially distally; mouth and cavities dark (Ref. 1371).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderGadiformes
  - FamilyMacrouridae
    - GenusMacrourus
      - SpeciesMacrourus holotrachys

Synonyms

Coryphaenoides holotrachys (Günther, 1878)
Macrurus holotrachys Günther, 1878

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding livers and roes
    - 0302 59 — Other
      - 0302 59 90 — Other
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 69 — Other
      - 0303 69 90 — Other
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish
    - 0304 44 — Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
      - 0304 44 90 — Other
  - Other, fresh or chilled
    - 0304 53 00 — Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
  - Frozen fillets of fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
    - 0304 79 — Other
      - 0304 79 90 — Other
  - Other, frozen
    - 0304 95 — Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma)
      - 0304 95 10 — Surimi
      - Other
        0304 95 90 — Other
- 0305 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption
  - Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked
    - 0305 32 — Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae
      - 0305 32 90 — Other

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Macrourus holotrachys

Commercial designations

Main production methods

TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

Stocks (2021)

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest

Area 48 - Atlantic, Antarctic