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Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104
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Alfonsinos | ALF | Beryx spp. |
American plaice | PLA | Hippoglossoides platessoides |
Anchovy | ANE | Engraulis encrasicolus |
Anglerfish | ANF | Lophiidae |
Antarctic toothfish | TOA | Dissostichus mawsoni |
Atlantic halibut | HAL | Hippoglossus hippoglossus |
Bigeye tuna | BET | Thunnus obesus |
Birdbeak dogfish | DCA | Deania calcea |
Blackfin icefish | SSI | Chaenocephalus aceratus |
Blonde ray | RJH | Raja brachyura |
Blue ling | BLI | Molva dypterygia |
Blue marlin | BUM | Makaira nigricans |
Blue whiting | WHB | Micromesistius poutassou |
Bluefin tuna | BFT | Thunnus thynnus |
Boarfish | BOR | Caproidae |
Brill | BLL | Scophthalmus rhombus |
Capelin | CAP | Mallotus villosus |
Cod | COD | Gadus morhua |
Common dab | DAB | Limanda limanda |
Common skate complex | RJB | Dipturus batis (Dipturus cf. flossada and Dipturus cf. intermedia) |
Common sole | SOL | Solea solea |
Crabs | PAI | Paralomis spp. |
Cuckoo ray | RJN | Leucoraja naevus |
Deep sea red crab | GER | Chaceon spp. |
European flounder | FLE | Platichthys flesus |
Flatfish | FLX | Pleuronectiformes |
Giant manta ray | RMB | Manta birostris |
Great lanternshark | ETR | Etmopterus princeps |
Greater silver smelt | ARU | Argentina silus |
Greenland halibut | GHL | Reinhardtius hippoglossoides |
Grenadiers | GRV | Macrourus spp. |
Grey rockcod | NOS | Lepidonotothen squamifrons |
Haddock | HAD | Melanogrammus aeglefinus |
Hake | HKE | Merluccius merluccius |
Herring | HER | Clupea harengus |
Horse mackerel | JAX | Trachurus spp. |
Humped rockcod | NOG | Gobionotothen gibberifrons |
Jack mackerel | CJM | Trachurus murphyi |
Kitefin shark | SCK | Dalatias licha |
Krill | KRI | Euphausia superba |
Leafscale gulper shark | GUQ | Centrophorus squamosus |
Lemon sole | LEM | Microstomus kitt |
Ling | LIN | Molva molva |
Mackerel | MAC | Scomber scombrus |
Mackerel icefish | ANI | Champsocephalus gunnari |
Marbled rockcod | NOR | Notothenia rossii |
Megrims | LEZ | Lepidorhombus spp. |
Northern prawn | PRA | Pandalus borealis |
Norway lobster | NEP | Nephrops norvegicus |
Norway pout | NOP | Trisopterus esmarkii |
Norwegian skate | JAD | Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis |
Orange roughy | ORY | Hoplostethus atlanticus |
Patagonian toothfish | TOP | Dissostichus eleginoides |
Pelagic armourhead | EDW | Pseudopentaceros spp. |
‘Penaeus’ shrimps | PEN | Penaeus spp. |
Plaice | PLE | Pleuronectes platessa |
Pollack | POL | Pollachius pollachius |
Porbeagle | POR | Lamna nasus |
Portuguese dogfish | CYO | Centroscymnus coelolepis |
Redfish | RED | Sebastes spp. |
Roundnose grenadier | RNG | Coryphaenoides rupestris |
Saithe | POK | Pollachius virens |
Sandeels | SAN | Ammodytes spp. |
Sandy ray | RJI | Raja circularis |
Sea bass | BSS | Dicentrarchus labrax |
Shagreen ray | RJF | Raja fullonica |
Shortfin squid | SQI | Illex illecebrosus |
Skates and rays | SRX | Rajiformes |
Small-eyed ray | RJE | Raja microocellata |
Smooth lanternshark | ETP | Etmopterus pusillus |
Snow crab | PCR | Chionoecetes spp. |
Sole | SOO | Solea spp. |
South Georgia icefish | SGI | Pseudochaenichthys georgianus |
Southern bluefin tuna | SBF | Thunnus maccoyii |
Spotted ray | RJM | Raja montagui |
Sprat | SPR | Sprattus sprattus |
[F1Picked dogfish | DGS | Squalus acanthias] |
Squid | SQS | Martialia hyadesi |
Starry ray | RJR | Amblyraja radiata |
Swordfish | SWO | Xiphias gladius |
Thornback ray | RJC | Raja clavata |
Toothfish | TOT | Dissostichus spp. |
Tope shark | GAG | Galeorhinus galeus |
Turbot | TUR | Psetta maxima |
Tusk | USK | Brosme brosme |
Undulate ray | RJU | Raja undulata |
Unicorn icefish | LIC | Channichthys rhinoceratus |
White hake | HKW | Urophycis tenuis |
White marlin | WHM | Tetrapturus albidus |
White skate | RJA | Raja alba |
Whiting | WHG | Merlangius merlangus |
Witch flounder | WIT | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus |
Yellowtail flounder | YEL | Limanda ferruginea |
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