# Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/910 of 13 March 2019 establishing the multiannual Union programme for the collection and management of biological, environmental, technical and socioeconomic data in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, Division: BIOLOGICAL DATA

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Table 1D
Species to be monitored under protection programmes in the Union or under international obligations
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.
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.
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).
Common name
Scientific name
Region/RFMO
Legal framework
Bony fishes
Teleostei
Sturgeons
Acipenser spp.
Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea; Baltic sea; OSPAR II, IV
Annex II of the Barcelona Convention, Annex IV of the Black Sea Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Protocol; OSPAR; HELCOM
Smoothheads (Slickheads)
Alepocephalidae
All Regions
Relevant for deep sea fisheries
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 (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
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
Legislation implementing Council Directive 92/43/EEC
Minke whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Mediterranean Sea
Rec. GFCM/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; Legislation 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
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
All areas
Legislation 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/910/annex/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-910/annex/division-4
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