Species FAO code: LIN

Molva molva

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
EU quality schemes and nutrition values
Conservation measures
Marketing standards
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Leng de Lengfisch	–
Belgium	fr Lingue nl Leng	–
Croatia	hr manjić	–
Cyprus	el ποντικόψαρο el λινκ	–
Czech Republic	cs Mník mořský cs Mník molva	–
Denmark	da Lange da almindelig lange	–
Estonia	et Harilik molva et merihaug	–
Finland	fi molva sv långa	–
France	fr lingue franche fr lingue fr julienne	–
Germany	de Leng de Lengfisch	–
Ireland	en Ling ga Langa	–
Lithuania	lt paprastoji molva	–
Luxembourg	de Leng de Lengfisch fr lingue franche fr lingue fr julienne	–
Malta	en Ling it Molva mt Linarda	–
Netherlands	nl Leng	–
Poland	pl Molwa	–
Portugal	pt Lingue pt Donzela	–
Slovakia	sk mieň veľký	–
Slovenia	sl leng	–
Spain	es Maruca	Asturias: GALLAPOTA Asturias: CONGRIA Cantabria: Guitarra Cantabria: Barruendia Basque Country: Makalloarraina
Sweden	sv Långa	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nutrition values

	Nutrition values per serving (100g)
Energy	87.0 kcal
Total fat	0.64 g
Saturates	0.12 g
Carbohydrate	0.0 g
Protein	18.99 g
Salt	337.5 mg

Source: USDA - FoodData Central

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

≥ 63.0 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

≥ 63.0 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

≥ 63.0 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

≥ 63.0 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)

B/L/05B-F.

Molva molva
Molva dypterygia

Fishing areas

27.5.b Faeroes Grounds (Division Vb) Faroese waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

0.0 t

Stocks (2021)

LIN/03A-C.

Molva molva

Fishing areas

27.3.a Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division IIIa) Union waters

TAC

175.0 t

Union

162.0 t

13.0 t

39.0 t

97.0 t

13.0 t

Stocks (2021)

LIN/04-C.

Molva molva

Fishing areas

27.4 North Sea (Subarea IV) United Kingdom and Union waters

TAC

3813.0 t

Union

809.0 t

Special condition: of which up to 20 % may be fished in United Kingdom, Union and international waters of 6a north of 58°30’N (LIN/*6AN58).

195.0 t

Special condition: of which up to 20 % may be fished in United Kingdom, Union and international waters of 6a north of 58°30’N (LIN/*6AN58).

217.0 t

Special condition: of which up to 20 % may be fished in United Kingdom, Union and international waters of 6a north of 58°30’N (LIN/*6AN58). — Special condition: of which up to 25% but no more than 75t may be fished in: Union waters of 3a (LIN/*03A-C).

351.0 t

15.0 t

8.0 t

Special condition: of which up to 20 % may be fished in United Kingdom, Union and international waters of 6a north of 58°30’N (LIN/*6AN58).

23.0 t

Stocks (2021)

LIN/04-N.

Molva molva

Fishing areas

27.4 North Sea (Subarea IV) Norwegian waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

900.0 t

7.0 t

10.0 t

24.0 t

858.0 t

1.0 t

Stocks (2021)

LIN/05EI.

Molva molva

Fishing areas

27.5 Iceland and Faeroes Grounds (Subarea V) United Kingdom and international waters

TAC

32.0 t

Union

26.0 t

8.0 t

6.0 t

Stocks (2021)

LIN/1/2.

Molva molva

Fishing areas

27.1 Barents Sea (Subarea I) United Kingdom and international waters
27.2 Norwegian Sea, Spitzbergen, and Bear Island (Subarea II) United Kingdom and international waters

TAC

43.0 t

Union

33.0 t

9.0 t

Stocks (2021)

LIN/6X14.

Molva molva

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)
27.12 North of Azores (Subarea XII) international waters
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)
27.10 Azores Grounds (Subarea X)
27.9 Portuguese Waters (Subarea IX)
27.14 East Greenland (Subarea XIV) international waters
27.8 Bay of Biscay (Subarea VIII)

TAC

18356.0 t

Union

11687.0 t