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Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required
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a In accordance with a recommendation adopted by STACRES at the 1970 Annual Meeting (ICNAF Redbook 1970, Part I, Page 67), hakes of the Genus Urophycis are designated as follows for statistical reporting: (a) hake reported from Subareas 1, 2, and 3, and Divisions 4R, S, T and V be designated as white hake, Urophycis tenuis; (b) hake taken by line gears or any hake greater than 55 cm standard length, reagardless of how caught, from Divisions 4W and X, Subarea 5 and Statistical Area 6 be designated as white hake, Urophycis tenuis; (c) Except as noted in (b), other hake of the Genus Urophycis taken in Divisions 4W and X, Subarea 5 and Statistical Area 6 be designated as red hake, Urophycis chuss. | ||
Common English Name | Scientific Name | 3-Alpha Code |
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Groundfish | ||
Atlantic Cod | Gadus morhua | COD |
Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | HAD |
Atlantic redfishes | Sebastes sp. | RED |
Golden redfish | Sebastes marinus | REG |
Beaked redfish (deepwater) | Sebastes mentella | REB |
Acadian redfish | Sebastes fasciatus | REN |
Silver hake | Merluccius bilinearis | HKS |
Red hakea | Urophycis chuss | HKR |
Pollock (=Saithe) | Pollachius virens | POK |
American plaice | Hippoglossoides platessoides | PLA |
Witch flounder | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus | WIT |
Yellowtail flounder | Limanda ferruginea | YEL |
Greenland halibut | Reinharditius hippoglossoides | GHL |
Atlantic halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | HAL |
Winter flounder | Pseudopleuronectes americanus | FLW |
Summer flounder | Paralichthys dentatus | FLS |
Windowpane flounder | Scophthalmus aquosus | FLD |
Flatfishes (NS) | Pleuronectiformes | FLX |
American angler (=Goosefish) | Lophius americanus | ANG |
Atlantic searobins | Prionotus sp. | SRA |
Atlantic tomcod | Microgadus tomcod | TOM |
Blue antimora | Antimora rostrata | ANT |
Blue whiting | Micromesistius poutassou | WHB |
Cunner | Tautogolabrus adspersus | CUN |
Cusk (=Tusk) | Brosme brosme | USK |
Greenland cod | Gadus ogac | GRC |
Blue ling | Molva dypterygia | BLI |
Ling | Molva molva | LIN |
Lumpfish =(Lumpsucker) | Cyclopterus lumpus | LUM |
Northern kingfish | Menticirrhus saxatilis | KGF |
Northern puffer | Sphoeroides maculatus | PUF |
Eelpouts (NS) | Lycodes sp. | ELZ |
Ocean pout | Macrozoarces americanus | OPT |
Polar cod | Boreogadus saida | POC |
Roundnose grenadier | Coryphaenoides rupestris | RNG |
Roughhead grenadier | Macrourus berglax | RHG |
Sandeels (=Sand Lances) | Ammodytes sp. | SAN |
Sculpins | Myoxocephalus sp. | SCU |
Scup | Stenotomus chrysops | SCP |
Tautog | Tautoga onitis | TAU |
Tilefish | Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps | TIL |
White hakea | Urophycis tenuis | HKW |
Wolffishes (NS) | Anarhicas sp. | CAT |
Atlantic wolffish | Anarhichas lupus | CAA |
Spotted wolffish | Anarhichas minor | CAS |
Groundfish (NS) | GRO | |
Pelagics | ||
Atlantic herring | Clupea harengus | HER |
Atlantic mackerel | Scomber scombrus | MAC |
Atlantic butterfish | Peprilus triacanthus | BUT |
Atlantic menhaden | Brevoortia tyrannus | MHA |
Atlantic saury | Scomberesox saurus | SAU |
Bay anchovy | Anchoa mitchilli | ANB |
Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix | BLU |
Crevalle jack | Caranx hippos | CVJ |
Frigate tuna | Auxis thazard | FRI |
King mackerel | Scomberomourus cavalla | KGM |
Atlantic Spanish mackerel | Scomberomourus maculatus | SSM |
Sailfish | Istiophorus platypterus | SAI |
White marlin | Tetrapturus albidus | WHM |
Blue marlin | Makaira nigricans | BUM |
Swordfish | Xiphias gladius | SWO |
Albacore tuna | Thunnus alalunga | ALB |
Atlantic bonito | Sarda sarda | BON |
Little tunny | Euthynnus alletteratus | LTA |
Bigeye tunny | Thunnus obesus | BET |
Northern bluefin tuna | Thunnus thynnus | BFT |
Skipjack tuna | Katsuwonus pelamis | SKJ |
Yellowfin tuna | Thunnus albacares | YFT |
Tunas (NS) | Scombridae | TUN |
Pelagic fish (NS) | PEL | |
Invertebrates | ||
Long-finned squid (Loligo) | Loligo pealei | SQL |
Short-finned squid (Illex) | Illex illecebrosus | SQI |
Squids (NS) | Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae | SQU |
Atlantic razor clam | Ensis directus | CLR |
Hard clam | Mercenaria mercenaria | CLH |
Ocean quahog | Arctica islandica | CLQ |
Soft clam | Mya arenaria | CLS |
Surf clam | Spisula solidissima | CLB |
Stimpson's surf clam | Spisula polynyma | CLT |
Clams (NS) | Prionodesmacea, Teleodesmacea | CLX |
Bay scallop | Argopecten irradians | SCB |
Calico scallop | Argopecten gibbus | SCC |
Marine worms (NS) | Polycheata | WOR |
Horseshoe crab | Limulus polyphemus | HSC |
Marine invertebrates (NS) | Invertebrata | INV |
Iceland scallop | Chylamys islandica | ISC |
Sea scallop | Placopecten magellanicus | SCA |
Scallops (NS) | Pectinidae | SCX |
American cupped oyster | Crassostrea virginica | OYA |
Blue mussel | Mytilus edulis | MUS |
Whelks (NS) | Busycon sp. | WHX |
Periwinkles (NS) | Littorina sp. | PER |
Marine molluscs (NS) | Mollusca | MOL |
Atlantic rock crab | Cancer irroratus | CRK |
Blue crab | Callinectes sapidus | CRB |
Green crab | Carcinus maenas | CRG |
Jonah crab | Cancer borealis | CRJ |
Queen crab | Chionoecetes opilio | CRQ |
Red crab | Geryon quinquedens | CRR |
Stone king crab | Lithodes maia | KCT |
Marine crabs (NS) | Reptantia | CRA |
American lobster | Homarus americanus | LBA |
Northern prawn | Pandalus borealis | PRA |
Aesop shrimp | Pandalus montagui | AES |
Penaeus shrimps (NS) | Penaeus sp. | PEN |
Pink (=Pandalid) shrimps | Pandalus sp. | PAN |
Marine crustaceans (NS) | Crustacea | CRU |
Sea-urchin | Strongylocentrotus sp. | URC |
Other Fish | ||
Alewife | Alosa pseudoharengus | ALE |
Amberjacks | Seriola sp. | AMX |
American conger | Conger oceanicus | COA |
American eel | Anguilla rostrata | ELA |
Atlantic hagfish | Myxine glutinosa | MYG |
American shad | Alosa sapidissima | SHA |
Argentines (NS) | Argentina sp. | ARG |
Atlantic croaker | Micropogonias undulatus | CKA |
Atlantic needlefish | Strongylura marina | NFA |
Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar | SAL |
Atlantic silverside | Menidia menidia | SSA |
Atlantic thread herring | Opisthonema oglinum | THA |
Barid's slickhead | Alepocephalus bairdii | ALC |
Black drum | Pogonias cromis | BDM |
Black seabass | Centropristis striata | BSB |
Blueback herring | Alosa aestivalis | BBH |
Capelin | Mallotus villosus | CAP |
Chars (NS) | Salvelinus sp. | CHR |
Cobia | Rachycentron canadum | CBA |
Common (Florida) pompano | Trachinotus carolinus | POM |
Gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | SHG |
Grunts (NS) | Pomadasyidae | GRX |
Hickory shad | Alosa mediocris | SHH |
Lanternfish | Notoscopelus sp. | LAX |
Mullets (NS) | Mugilidae | MUL |
North atlantic harvestfish | Peprilus alepidotus (=paru) | HVF |
Pigfish | Orthopristis chrysoptera | PIG |
Rainbow smelt | Osmerus mordax | SMR |
Red drum | Sciaenops ocellatus | RDM |
Red porgy | Pagrus pagrus | RPG |
Rough scad | Trachurus lathami | RSC |
Sand perch | Diplectrum formosum | PES |
Sheepshead | Archosargus probatocephalus | SPH |
Spot croaker | Leiostomus xanthurus | SPT |
Spotted weakfish | Cynoscion nebulosus | SWF |
Squeteague (Gray Weakfish) | Cynoscion regalis | STG |
Striped bass | Morone saxatilis | STB |
Sturgeons (NS) | Acipenseridae | STU |
Tarpon | Tarpon (=megalops) atlanticus | TAR |
Trouts (NS) | Salmo sp. | TRO |
White perch | Morone americana | PEW |
Alfonsinos (NS) | Beryx sp. | ALF |
Spiny (=picked) dogfish | Squalus acantias | DGS |
Dogfishes (NS) | Squalidae | DGX |
Sand Tiger shark | Odontaspis taurus | CCT |
Porbeagle | Lamna nasus | POR |
Shortfin mako shark | Isurus oxyrinchus | SMA |
Dusky shark | Carcharhinus obscurus | DUS |
Great Blue shark | Prionace glauca | BSH |
Large sharks (NS) | Squaliformes | SHX |
Atlantic Sharpnose shark | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae | RHT |
Black Dogfish | Centroscyllium fabricii | CFB |
Boreal (Greenland) shark | Somniosus microcephalus | GSK |
Basking shark | Cetorhinus maximus | BSK |
Skates (NS) | Raja sp. | SKA |
Little skate | Leucoraja erinacea | RJD |
Arctic skate | Amblyraja hyperborea | RJG |
Barndoor skate | Dipturus laevis | RJL |
Winter skate | Leucoraja ocellata | RJT |
Thorny skate (Starry Ray) | Amblyraja radiata | RJR |
Smooth skate | Malcoraja senta | RJS |
Spinytail skate (Spinetail Ray) | Bathyraja spinicauda | RJO |
Finfishes (NS) | FIN |
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