Division BIOLOGICAL DATA

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Table 1D^f1

Species to be monitored under protection programmes in the Union or under international obligations

Common name	Scientific name	Region/RFMO	Legal framework
This Table replaces Table 1D of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.
Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean.
OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic.
HELCOM Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area.
F1Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).
Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 of 29 April 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (OJ L 132, 23.5.1997, p. 1).
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).
Bony fishes	Teleostei
Sturgeons	Acipenser spp.	Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; Baltic sea; OSPAR II, IV	Annex II of the Barcelona Convention^f2, Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; OSPAR^f3; HELCOM^f4
Smoothheads (Slickheads)	Alepocephalidae	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries^f5
Baird's smoothhead	Alepocephalus Bairdii	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Risso's smoothhead	Alepocephalus rostratus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Pontic shad	Alosa immaculata	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Allis shad	Alosa alosa	OSPAR II, III, IV	OSPAR
Common Whitefish/houting	Coregonus lavaretus	OSPAR II	OSPAR
Cod	Gadus morhua	OSPAR II, III; Baltic Sea	OSPAR; Helcom
Long-snouted seahorse	Hippocampus guttulatus (synonym: Hippocampus ramulosus)	OSPAR II, III, IV, V	OSPAR
Short-snouted seahorse	Hippocampus hippocampus	OSPAR II, III, IV, V	OSPAR
Black Sea shad	Alosa tanaica	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Blue antimora (Blue hake)	Antimora rostrata	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Black scabbardfish	Aphanopus carbo	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Scabbardfish	Aphanopus intermedius	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Crayfish	Astacus spp.	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Big-scale sand smelt	Atherina pontica	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Garfish	Belone belone euxini Günther	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Alfonsinos	Beryx spp.	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Brotula	Cataetyx laticeps	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Vendace	Coregonus albula	Baltic Sea	RCG (Regional Coordination Group) Baltic recommendation
lumpfish	Cyclopterus lumpus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Annular seabream	Diplodus annularis	Mediterranean Sea	Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006^f6 (min. cons. size)
Sharpsnout sea bream	Diplodus puntazzo	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
White sea bream	Diplodus sargus	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Two-banded sea bream	Diplodus vulgaris	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Patagonian toothfish	Dissostichus eleginoides	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Antarctic toothfish	Dissostichus mawsoni	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Groupers	Epinephelus spp.	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Black cardinalfish	Epigonus telescopus	All Regions	Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Gobies	Gobiidae	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Bluemouth (Bluemouth redfish)	Helicolenus dactylopterus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Atlantic halibut	Hippoglossus hippoglossus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Orange roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus	All Regions; OSPAR I, V	Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Silver roughy (Pink)	Hoplosthetus mediterraneus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Silver scabbard fish (Cutless fish)	Lepidopus caudatus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Stripped sea bream	Lithognathus mormyrus	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Golden grey mullet	Liza aurata	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Leaping mullet	Liza saliens	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Greater Eelpout	Lycodes esmarkii	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Grenadiers (rattails) other than roundnose grenadier and roughhead grenadier	Macrouridae other than Coryphaenoides rupestris and Macrourus berglax	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Roughhead grenadier (Rough rattail)	Macrourus berglax	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	Baltic Sea and Black Sea	RCG Baltic recommendation; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
European eel	Anguilla anguilla	OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic sea	OSPAR; HELCOM
Atlantic Salmon	*Salmo salar	OSPAR I, II, III, IV, Baltic Sea	OSPAR; HELCOM
Bluefin tuna	*Thunnus thynnus	OSPAR V	OSPAR; HELCOM
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Common mora	Mora moro	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Mullet	Mugil spp.	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Black gemfish	Nesiarchus nasutus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Snubnosed spiny eel	Notocanthus chemnitzii	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Smelt	Osmerus eperlanus	Baltic Sea	RCG Baltic recommendation, HELCOM
Spanish sea bream	Pagellus acarne	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Blackspot seabream	Pagellus bogaraveo	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Common sea bream	Pagrus pagrus	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Wreckfish	Polyprion americanus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Small redfish (Norway redfish)	Sebastes viviparus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Beluga	Huso huso	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Spiny (deep sea) scorpionfish	Trachyscorpia cristulata	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Oceanic sea breams	Brama spp.	GSA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and Black Sea GSA 29	Annex VIII of Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97^f7
Atlantic chub mackerel	Scomber colias Gmelin	Black sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Crystal gobid	Crystallogobius linearis	Black sea	National management plans
Rabbit fish	Chimaera monstrosa	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Allis shad	Alosa alosa	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Twaite shad	Alosa fallax	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Autumn-spawning herring	Clupea harengus subsp.	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Zope	Abramis ballerus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Bleak	Alburnus alburnus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Asp	Aspius aspius	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Barbel	Barbus barbus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Gudgeon	Gobio gobio	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Ziege	Pelecus cultratus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Eurasian minnow	Phoxinus phoxinus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Vimba	Vimba vimba	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Spined loach	Cobitis taenia	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Trout	Salmo trutta	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Vendace	Coregonus albula	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Baltic houting	Coregonus balticus Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, migratory	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Maraena	Coregonus maraena Synonym: Coregonus lavaretus, stationary	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Pallas's houting	Coregonus pallasii	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Marine smelt	Osmerus eperlanomarinus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Black-bellied angler	Lophius budegassa	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Sea stickleback	Spinachia spinachia	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Snake pipefish	Entelurus aequoreus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Straightnose pipefish	Nerophis ophidion	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Worm pipefish	Nerophis lumbriciformis	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Greater pipefish	Syngnathus acus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Broad-nosed pipefish	Syngnathus typhle	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Roundnose grenadier	Coryphaenoides rupestris	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Haddock	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Pollack	Pollachius pollachius	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Ling	Molva molva	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Snakeblenny	Lumpenus lampretaeformis	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Ocean perch	Sebastes marinus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Norway redfish	Sebastes viviparus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Miller's thumb	Cottus gobio	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Alpine bullhead	Cottus poecilopus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Shorthorn sculpin	Myoxocephalus scorpius	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Longspined bullhead	Taurulus bubalis	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Fourhorn sculpin	Triglopsis quadricornis	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Lumpsucker	Cyclopterus lumpus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Striped seasnail	Liparis liparis	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Montagu's seasnail	Liparis montagui	Baltic Sea	Helcom
John Dory	Zeus faber	Baltic Sea	Helcom
European seabass	Dicentrarchus labrax	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Ballan wrasse	Labrus bergylta	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Cuckoo wrasse	Labrus mixtus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Corkwring wrasse	Symphodus melops	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Greater weever	Trachinus draco	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Wolf-fish	Anarhichas lupus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Lesser sandeel	Ammodytes marinus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Small sandeel	Ammodytes tobianus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Painted goby	Pomatoschistus pictus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Bullet tuna	Auxis rochei	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Little thunny	Euthynnus alleteratus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Plain bonito	Orcynopsis unicolor	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Atlantic mackerel	Scomber scombrus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Atlantic halibut	Hippoglossus hippoglossus	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Niger Blackfish	Centrolophus niger	Baltic Sea	Helcom
Cartilaginous fishes	Chondrichthyes
Narrow sawfish	Anoxypristis cuspidata	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Birdbeak dogfish	Deania calcea	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
smooth lanternshark	Etmopterus pusillus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Dwarf sawfish	Pristis clavata	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Green sawfish	Pristis zijsron	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Norwegian skate	Raja (Dipturus) nidarosiensis	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Thornback ray	Raja clavata	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority OSPAR; Helcom
Undulate ray	Raja undulata	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Pelagic Thresher	Alopias pelagicus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Big Eye Thresher	Alopias superciliosus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Common Thresher	Alopias vulpinus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority; Helcom
Starry ray	Amblyraja radiata	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Iceland catshark	Apristurus spp.	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Silky shark	Carcharhinus falciformis	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Galapagos shark	Carcharhinus galapagensis	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Oceanic whitetip shark	Carcharhinus longimanus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Sandbar shark	Carcharhinus plumbeus	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Sand tiger shark	Carcharias taurus	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Great white shark	Carcharodon carcharias	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Gulper shark	Centrophorus granulosus	All oceans and seas	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III; OSPAR
Gulper shark species	Centrophorus spp.	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Leafscale gulper shark	Centrophorus squamosus	All oceans and seas	RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR
Black dogfish	Centroscyllium fabricii	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Portuguese dogfish	Centroscymnus coelolepis	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; OSPAR
Longnose velvet dogfish	Centroscymnus crepidater	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Basking shark	Cetorhinus maximus	All oceans and seas	RFMOs, High priority; OSPAR; Helcom
Rabbit fish (rattail)	Chimaera monstrosa	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Frilled shark	Chlamydoselachus anguineus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Kitefin shark	Dalatias licha	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Stingray	Dasyatis pastinaca	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; Helcom
Birdbeak dogfish	Deania calcea	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Common skate	Dipturus batis	All oceans and seas	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; OSPAR; Helcom
White skate	*Rostroraja alba	OSPAR II, III, IV	OSPAR
Greater lanternshark	Etmopterus princeps	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Velvet belly	Etmopterus spinax	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom
Winghead hammerhead	Eusphyra blochii	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
school shark, tope shark	Galeorhinus galeus	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom
Blackmouth dogfish	Galeus melastomus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Mouse catshark	Galeus murinus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Spiny butterfly ray	Gymnura altavela	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Sharpnose sevengill shark	Heptranchias perlo	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III
Bluntnose six-gilled shark	Hexanchus griseus	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II; Helcom
Large-eyed rabbitfish (Ratfish)	Hydrolagus mirabilis	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Shortfin mako	Isurus oxyrinchus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Longfin mako	Isurus paucus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Porbeagle	Lamna nasus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, OSPAR; Helcom
Sandy Skate	Leucoraja circularis	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Maltese skate	Leucoraja melitensis	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Reef manta ray	Manta alfredi	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Giant manta ray	Manta birostris	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Longhorned mobula	Mobula eregoodootenkee	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Lesser devil ray	Mobula hypostoma	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Spinetail mobula	Mobula japanica	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Shortfin devil ray	Mobula kuhlii	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Devil fish	Mobula mobular	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Munk's devil ray	Mobula munkiana	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Lesser Guinean devil ray	Mobula rochebrunei	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Chilean devil ray	Mobula tarapacana	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Smoothtail mobula	Mobula thurstoni	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Starry smooth-hound	Mustelus asterias	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III
Common smooth-hound	Mustelus mustelus	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III
Blackspotted smooth-hound	Mustelus punctulatus	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III
Blackmouth catshark	Galeus melanostomus	Baltic sea	Helcom
Small-spotted catshark	Scyliorhinus canicula	Baltic sea	Helcom
Thorny skate	Amblyraja radiata	Baltic sea	Helcom
Shagreen ray	Leucoraja fullonica	Baltic sea	Helcom
Spotted torpedo	Torpedo marmorata	Baltic sea	Helcom
Sailfin roughshark (Sharpback shark)	Oxynotus paradoxus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Vulnerable species Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Smalltooth sawfish	Pristis pectinata	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Common sawfish	Pristis pristis	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Crocodile shark	Pseudocarcharias kamoharai	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Blue stingray	Pteroplatytrygon violacea	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Round skate	Raja fyllae	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Arctic skate	Raja hyperborea	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Norwegian skate	Raja nidarosiensus	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Spotted ray	Raja montagui	OSPAR I, II, III, IV	OSPAR; Helcom
Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Blackchin guitarfish	Rhinobatos cemiculus	All oceans+Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Common guitarfish	Rhinobatos rhinobatos	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Straightnose rabbitfish	Rhinochimaera atlantica	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Bottlenose skate	Rostroraja alba	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Knifetooth dogfish	Scymnodon ringens	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Other sharks	Selachimorpha (or Selachii), Batoidea (to be defined by species according to landing, survey or catch data)	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority; Helcom
Greenland shark	Somniosus microcephalus	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority, Relevant for deep sea fisheries; Helcom
Scalloped hammerhead	Sphyrna lewini	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Great hammerhead	Sphyrna mokarran	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Smooth hammerhead	Sphyrna zygaena	All oceans	RFMOs, High priority
Spurdog, spiked dogfish	Squalus acanthias	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex III, OSPAR; Helcom
Sawback angelshark	Squatina aculeata	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Smoothback angelshark	Squatina oculata	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II
Angel shark	Squatina squatina	All oceans + Mediterranean and Black Sea	RFMOs, High priority, Barcelona Convention Annex II, OSPAR; Helcom
Sea lamprey	Petromyzon marinus	OSPAR I, II, III, IV	OSPAR; Helcom
River lamprey	Lampetra fluviatilis	Baltic sea	Helcom
Mammals	Mammalia
Cetaceans — all species	Cetacea — all species	All areas	F2Legislation implementing Council Directive 92/43/EEC^f8
Minke whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM^f9/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Bowhead whale	Balaena mysticetus	OSPAR I	OSPAR
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus	All OSPAR	OSPAR
Northern right whale	Eubalaena glacialis	All OSPAR	OSPAR
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Short-beaked common dolphin	Delphinus delphis	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
North Atlantic right whale	Eubalaena glacialis	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Long-finned pilot whale	Globicephala melas	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Risso's dolphin	Grampus griseus	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Dwarf sperm whale	Kogia simus	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Blainville's beaked whale	Mesoplodon densirostris	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Killer whale	Orcinus orca	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Harbour porpoise	Phocoena phocoena	Mediterranean Sea; OSPAR II, III	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; F3Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC OSPAR
Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
False killer whale	Pseudorca crassidens	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Striped dolphin	Stenella coeruleoalba	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Rough-toothed dolphin	Steno bredanensis	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Bottlenose dolphin	Tursiops truncatus	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Cuvier's beaked whale	Ziphius cavirostris	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/2 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Monk seal	Monachus monachus	All areas	Rec. GFCM/35/2011/5 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC
Saimaa ringed seal	Phoca hispida saimensis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC
Grey seal	Halichoerus grypus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC
Harbour seal	Phoca vitulina	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC
Baltic ringed seal	Phoca hispida bottnica	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC
Birds	Aves
Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis	All areas	Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f10
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	All areas	F4Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Atlantic Puffin	Fratercula arctica	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Balearic Shearwater	Puffinus mauretanicus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
European Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Northern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Scopoli's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Yelkouan Shearwater	Puffinus yelkouan	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Audouin's Gull	Larus audouinii	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Barrow's Goldeneye	Bucephala islandica	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
European Herring Gull	Larus argentatus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Great Skua	Catharacta skua	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC; Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Common pochard	Aythya ferina	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Little Auk	Alle alle	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Razorbill	Alca torda	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Arctic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Arctic Loon	Gavia arctica	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Audubon's Shearwater	Puffinus lherminieri	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Black Guillemot	Cepphus grylle	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Black Scoter	Melanitta americana	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Eider	Somateria mollissima	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Guillemot	Uria aalge	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Loon	Gavia immer	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
King Eider	Somateria spectabilis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Mew Gull	Larus canus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Red-throated Loon	Gavia stellata	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Slender-billed Gull	Larus genei	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Steller's Eider	Polysticta stelleri	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Thick-billed Murre/Brünnig's Guillemot	Uria lomvia	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Yellow-billed Loon	Gavia adamsii	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Zino's Petrel	Pterodroma madeira	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Pallas's Gull	Larus ichthyaetus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Leach's Storm-petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Wilson's Storm-petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Band-rumped Storm-petrel	Hydrobates castro	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Desertas Petrel	Pterodroma deserta	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Ivory Gull	Pagophila eburnea	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Monteiro's Storm-petrel	Hydrobates monteiroi	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Ross's Gull	Rhodostethia rosea	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Thayer's Gull	Larus thayeri	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
White-faced Storm-petrel	Pelagodroma marina	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
European Storm-petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 2009/147/EC
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus fuscus	OSPAR I	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Ivory gull	Pagophila eburnea	OSPAR I	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Steller's eider	Polysticta stelleri	OSPAR I	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Little shearwater	Puffinus assimilis baroli (auct.incert.)	OSPAR V	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Balearic shearwater	Puffinus mauretanicus	OSPAR II, III, IV, V	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Black-legged kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	OSPAR I, II,	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Roseate tern	Sterna dougallii	OSPAR II, III, IV, V	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Iberian guillemot	Uria aalge — Iberian population (synonyms: Uria aalge albionis, Uria aalge ibericus)	OSPAR IV	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Thick-billed murre	Uria lomvia	OSPAR I	OSPAR list of threatened and declining species
Reptiles	Reptilia
Kemp's ridley sea turtle	Lepidochelys kempii	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Loggerhead turtle	Caretta caretta	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR
Leatherback turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention; OSPAR
Hawksbill sea turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Green turtle	Chelonia mydas	All areas	Legislation implementing Directive 92/43/EEC; Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Nile soft-shelled turtle	Trionyx triunguis	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/35/2011/4 & Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Molluscs	Mollusca
Striped venus	Chamelea gallina	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Banded wedge shell	Donacilla cornea	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Eledone especies	Eledone spp.	All areas	National management plans
Mediterranean mussel	Mytilus galloprovincialis	All areas out of Med	National management plans
Mediterranean mussel	Mytilus galloprovincialis	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol

Patella	Patella spp.	Mediterranean Sea	Annex II of the Barcelona Convention
Rapa whelk	Rapana venosa	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Tuberculate cockle	Acanthocardia tuberculata	All areas	National management plans
Murex	Bolinus brandaris	All areas	National management plans
Hard clam	Callista chione	All areas	National management plans
Wedge shell	Donax trunculus	All areas	National management plans
Ocean quahog	Arctica islandica	OSPAR II	OSPAR
Azorean barnacle	Megabalanus azoricus	OSPAR V All where it occurs	OSPAR
Dog whelk	Nucella lapillus	OSPAR II, III, IV	OSPAR
Flat oyster	Ostrea edulis	OSPAR II	OSPAR
Azorean limpet	Patella ulyssiponensis aspera	All OSPAR where it occurs	OSPAR
Crustaceans	Crustacea
Lobster	Homarus gammarus	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Deep-water red crab	Chaceon (Geryon) affinis	All Regions	Relevant for deep sea fisheries
Brown shrimp	Crangon crangon	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Baltic prawn	Palaemon adspersus	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Rockpool prawn	Palaemon elegans	Black Sea	Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol
Crawfish	Palinuridae	Mediterranean Sea	Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (min. cons. size)
Cnidarians	Cnidaria
Red coral	Corallium rubrum	Mediterranean Sea	Rec. GFCM/36/2012/1 & Rec. GFCM/35/2011/2

For prohibited species: only individuals captured dead shall be used. They shall be discarded after the measurements. The data collection is annual and the updating/processing of the data must be done timely to fit the schedule of the stock assessments.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Annex Table 1D Note (5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 10(4)(f)(iv)
F2: Words in Annex Table 1D inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 10(4)(f)(i)
F3: Words in Annex Table 1D inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 10(4)(f)(ii)
F4: Words in Annex Table 1D inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 10(4)(f)(iii)

Footnotes

f1: This Table replaces Table 1D of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1251.
f2: Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean.
f3: OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic.
f4: HELCOM Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area.
f5: Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic.
f6: Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).
f7: Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 of 29 April 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (OJ L 132, 23.5.1997, p. 1).
f8: Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
f9: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean.
f10: Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).