Species FAO code: NUG

Panulirus gracilis

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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 Langouste nl Langoest	–
Czech Republic	cs Langusta cs Langusta zelená	–
France	fr langouste verte	–
Greece	el Πράσινος αστακός Ειρηνικού	–
Italy	it Aragosta verde	–
Portugal	pt Lagosta	–
Spain	es Langosta barbona	Catalonia: Llagosta del pacífic

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871

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

≥ 90.0 mmCarapace length (CL)

Fishing areas

37.1 Western Mediterranean
37.2 Central Mediterranean
37.3 Eastern Mediterranean

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871

Scientific name

Panulirus gracilis

Author

Streets, 1871

Rank

Species

FAO code

NUG

Taxonomic classification

PhylumArthropoda
- SubphylumCrustacea
  - ClassMalacostraca
    - OrderDecapoda
      - FamilyPalinuridae
        GenusPanulirus
        SpeciesPanulirus gracilis

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871

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
- 0306 — Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption
  - Frozen
    - 0306 11 — Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
      - 0306 11 05 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - Other
        0306 11 10 — Crawfish tails
        0306 11 90 — Other
  - Not frozen
    - 0306 21 — Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
      - 0306 21 10 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - 0306 21 90 — Other

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Panulirus gracilis

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots (traps)

Pots and traps

Minimum conservation reference sizes

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast