Annex II SIZE CATEGORIES

United Kingdom

Scale of weights				F1Minimum sizes to be observed in accordance with conditions laid down in legislation specifying minimum conservation reference sizes for relevant fish
The categories of weights include fish from the lower limit up to, but excluding, the upper limit.
For mackerel of both species, number of fish/25 kg.
This table shall apply until 31 December 1997.
This table shall apply from 1 January 1998.
Width of shell.
Width of shell at the widest point.
Except Skagerrak and Kattegat.
Skagerrak and Kattegat.
Length of shell.
Overall length.
Species	Size	Kg/fish^f1	Number of fish/kg^f2	Region	Geographical area	Minimum size
F2Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus )	1	0,250 and over	4 or less	1	ICES Vb (EC zone)	20 cm
	2	0,125 to 0,250	5 to 8	2	ICES Vb (EC zone)	20 cm
	3	0,085 to 0,125	9 to 11		(a)	18 cm
	4(a)	0,050 to 0,085	12 to 20	3	(b)	20 cm
Baltic herring ( Clupea harengus ) caught and landed, south of 59 ^o 30′	4(b)	0,036 to 0,085	12 to 27
Baltic herring ( Clupea harengus ) caught and landed, north of 59 ^o 30′	4(c)	0,057 to 0,085	12 to 17
	5	0,031 to 0,057	18 to 32
	6	0,023 to 0,031	33 to 44
Baltic herring ( Clupea harengus ) caught and landed in waters under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of Estonia and Latvia	7(a)	0,023 to 0,036	28 to 44
	7(b)	0,014 to 0,023	45 to 70
Baltic herring ( Clupea harengus ) caught and landed in the Gulf of Riga	8	0,010 to 0,014	71 to 100
Sardines (Sardina pilchardus)	1	0,067 and over	15 or less			not yet fixed
	2	0,042 to 0,067	16 to 24
	3	a 0,028 to 0,042	25 to 35
	4	0,015 to 0,028	36 to 67
Mediterranean		0,011 to 0,028	36 to 91
Spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus spp.)	1	2 and over	—			—
	2	1 to 2
	3	0,5 to 1
Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias)	1	2,2 and over	—			—
	2	1 to 2,2
	3	0,5 to 1
Redfish (Sebastes spp.)	1	2 and over	—			—
	2	0,6 to 2
	3	0,35 to 0,6
Cod (Gadus morhua)	1	7 and over	—	1		35 cm
	2	4 to 7		2	^f3	35 cm
	3	2 to 4			^f4	30 cm
	4	1 to 2		3		35 cm
	5	0,3 to 1		Baltic	South of 59^o30′ N	35 cm
Saithe (Pollachius virens)	1	5 and over	—	1		35 cm
	2	3 to 5		2		35 cm
	3	1,5 to 3				30 cm
	4	0,3 to 1,5		3		35 cm
				Baltic	South of 59^o30′ N	30 cm
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	1	1 and over	—	1	ICES Vb) (EC-zone)	30 cm
	2	0,57 to 1		2		30 cm
	3	0,37 to 0,57				27 cm
	4	0,17 to 0,37		3		30 cm
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)	1	0,5 and over	—	1		27 cm
	2	0,35 to 0,5		2		23 cm
	3	0,25 to 0,35				23 cm
	4	0,11 to 0,25		3		23 cm
Ling (Molva spp.)	1	5 and over	—	1		—
	2	3 to 5		2		not yet fixed
	3	1,2 to 3				—
				3		63 cm
Mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus Mediterranean	1	0,5 and over	50 or less	1		20 cm
	2	0,2 to 0,5	51 to 125	2	Except North Sea	20 cm
	3	0,1 to 0,2	126 to 250		North Sea	30 cm
		0,08 to 0,2	126 to 325	3		20 cm
				5		20 cm
					Mediterranean	18 cm
Mackerel of the species Scomber japonicus	1	0,5 and over	—			—
	2	0,25 to 0,5
	3	0,14 to 0,25
	4	0,05 to 0,14
Anchovy (Engraulis spp.)	1	0,033 and over	30 or less	3	except ICES IXa)	12 cm
	2	0,020 to 0,033	31 to 50	3	ICES IXa)	10 cm
	3	0,012 to 0,020	51 to 83		Mediterranean	9 cm
	4	0,008 to 0,012	84 to 125
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	1	0,6 and over	—	1		25 cm
	2	0,4 to 0,6		2		25 cm
	3	0,3 to 0,4				27 cm
	4	0,15 to 0,3			North Sea	27 cm
				3		25 cm
				Baltic	subdivisions 22 to 25	25 cm
					subdivisions 26 to 28	21 cm
					subdivisions 29 South of 59^o30′ N	18 cm
Hake (Merluccius merluccius)	1	2,5 and over	—	1		30 cm
	2	1,2 to 2,5		2		30 cm
	3	0,6 to 1,2				30 cm
	4	0,28 to 0,6		3		27 cm
	5	0,2 to 0,28			Mediterranean	20 cm
Mediterranean		0,15 to 0,28
Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)	1	0,45 and over	—	1		25 cm
	2	0,25 to 0,45		2		25 cm
	3	0,20 to 0,25				25 cm
	4	0,11 to 0,20		3		20 cm
Mediterranean		0,05 to 0,20
Ray's bream (Brama spp.)	1	0,8 and over	—			—
Ray's bream (Brama spp.)	2	0,2 to 0,8	—			—
Anglerfish (Lophius spp.) whole, gutted	1	8 and over	—	1		—
	2	4 to 8		2		not yet fixed
	3	2 to 4				—
	4	1 to 2		3		not yet fixed
	5	0,5 to 1			Mediterranean	30 cm
Anglerfish (Lophius spp.) head removed	1	4 and over	—			—
	2	2 to 4
	3	1 to 2
	4	0,5 to 1
	5	0,2 to 0,5
Dab (Limanda limanda)	1	0,25 and over	—	1		15 cm
	2	0,13 to 0,25		2		15 cm
				2		23 cm
					North Sea	23 cm
				3	North Sea	23 cm
Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	1	0,6 and over	—	1		25 cm
	2	0,35 to 0,6		2		25 cm
	3	0,18 to 0,35				25 cm
				3		25 cm
Albacore or long-finned tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	1	4 and over	—			—
Albacore or long-finned tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	2	1,5 to 4	—			—
Blue-fin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)	1	70 and over	—		Mediterranean	70 cm or 6,4 kg
	2	50 to 70
	3	25 to 50
	4	10 to 25
	5	6,4 to 10
Big-eye tuna (Thunnus obesus)	1	10 and over	—			—
Big-eye tuna (Thunnus obesus)	2	3,2 to 10	—			—
Pollack (Pollachius pollachius)	1	5 and over	—	1		—
	2	3 to 5		2		30 cm
	3	1,5 to 3				—
	4	0,3 to 1,5		3		30 cm
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou)	1	—	7 or less			—
	2		8 to 14
	3		15 to 25
	4		26 to 30
Pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and Poor cod (Trisopterus minutus)	1	0,4 and over	—	3		not yet fixed
	2	0,25 to 0,4
	3	0,125 to 0,25
	4	0,05 to 0,125
Boghe (Boops boops)	1	—	5 or less			—
	2		6 to 31
	3		32 to 70
Picarel (Maena sararis)	1	—	20 or less			—
	2		21 to 40
	3		41 to 90
Conger eel (Conger conger)	1	7 and over	—	1		—
	2	5 to 7		2		58 cm
	3	0,5 to 5				—
				3		58 cm
Gurnard (Trigla spp.) Tub gurnard	1	1 and over	—			—
	2	0,4 to 1
	3	0,2 to 0,4
	4	0,06 to 0,2
Other Gurnard	1	0,25 and over
Other Gurnard	2	0,2 — 0,25
Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)	1	0,6 and over	—	1		15 cm
	2	0,4 to 0,6		2		15 cm
	3	0,2 to 0,4		3		15 cm
	4	0,08 to 0,2		5		15 cm
	5	0,02 to 0,08			Mediterranean	12 cm
Mullet (Mugil spp.)	1	1 and over	—	1		—
	2	0,5 to 1		2		20 cm
	3	0,2 to 0,5				—
	4	0,1 to 0,2		3		20 cm
					Mediterranean	16 cm
Skate (Raja spp.)	1	5 and over	—			—
	2	3 to 5
	3	1 to 3
	4	0,3 to 1
Skate (wings)	1	3 and over	—			—
Skate (wings)	2	0,5 to 3	—			—
Flounder (Platichthys Flesus)	1	over 0,3	—	1		24 cm
	2	0,2 to 0,3 inclusive		2		24 cm
		0,2 to 0,3 inclusive		2		24 cm
				3		24 cm
				Baltic	subdivisions 22-25	25 cm
					subdivisions 26-28	21 cm
					subdivisions 29-32 South of 59^o30′N	18 cm
Sole (Solea spp.)	1	0,5 and over	—	1		24 cm
	2	0,33 to 0,5		2		24 cm
	3	0,25 to 0,33		2		24 cm
	4	0,17 to 0,25		3		24 cm
	5	0,12 to 0,17^f5			Mediterranean	20 cm
	1	0,5 and over
	2	0,33 to 0,5
	3	0,25 to 0,35
	4	0,2 to 0,25
	5	0,12 to 0,2^f6
Frostfish (Lepidopus caudatus)	1	3 and over	—			—
	2	2 to 3
	3	1 to 2
	4	0,5 to 1
Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)	1	3 and over			—
Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)	2	0,5 to 3
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)	1	0,5 and over	—			—
	2	0,3 to 0,5
	3	0,1 to 0,3
Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)	1	—	20 and less	2	Skagerrak and Kattegat	40 mm^f7
	2		21 to 30			130 mm^f8
	3		31 to 40	2	except Scotland Irish Sea	25 mm
	4		over 40	2	[ICES VIa) and VIIa)],Skagerrak and Kattegat	85 mm
				2	Western Scotland and Irish Sea	20 mm
				2	[ICES VIa) and VIIa)]	70 mm
				3		20 mm
						70 mm
					Mediterranean	20 mm
					Mediterranean	70 mm
Norway lobster tails	1	—	60 and less	2	Skagerrak and Kattegat	72 mm
	2		61 to 120
	3		121 to 180	2	except Western Scotland, Irish Sea	46 mm
	4		over 180		[ICES VIa) and VIIa)], Skagerrak and Kattegat
				2	Western Scotland and Irish Sea [ICES VIa) and VIIa)]	37 mm
				3		37 mm
Crangonid shrimps (Crangon crangon)	1	6,8 mm and over^f9	—			—
Crangonid shrimps (Crangon crangon)	2	6,5 mm and over	—			—
Pandalid shrimps (Pandalus borealis) fresh or chilled	One size	—	250 and less			—
Pandalid shrimps boiled or steamed	1	—	160 and less			—
Pandalid shrimps boiled or steamed	2	—	161 to 250			—
Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)	1	16 cm and over^f10	—			—
Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)	2	13 to 16 cm	—			—

Scale of weights				Minimum sizes to be observed in the conditions laid down in the Regulations referred to in Article 7
F320Laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p.1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 (OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 1).
Laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1626/94.
Shell width, measured at the widest point.
Species	Size	Kg/fish or shell size	Number of fish/kg	Region	Geographical area	Minimum size
Common scallop (Pecten maximus)	one size	10 cm and over ^f11			Regions 1 to 5 except Skagerrak/Kattegat and except ICES VIIa north of 52 ^o 30' N and VIId	100 mm ^f12
Common scallop (Pecten maximus)	one size	10 cm and over ^f11			ICES VIIa north of 52 ^o 30' N and VIId	110 mm
Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)	one size	4,5 cm and over			Regions 1 to 5 except Skagerrak/Kattegat	45 mm
Striped or red mullet (Mullus surmuletus, Mullus barbatus)	1	500 g and over
	2	200 g 500 g exclusive
	3 a	40 g to 200 g exclusive
Mediterranean	3 b	18 g to 200 g exclusive			Mediterranean	11 cm ^f13
Black sea bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)	1	800 g and over
	2	500 g to 800 g exclusive
	3	300 g to 500 g exclusive
	4	180 g to 300 g exclusive

F4Scale of weights	Minimum sizes to be observed in the conditions laid down in the Regulations referred to in Article 7
Species	Size	Kg/fish	No of fish/kg	Region	Geographical area	Minimum size
Sprat ( Sprattus sprattus )	1	0,004 and over	250 or less

F4Scale of weights

Minimum sizes to be observed in the conditions laid down in the Regulations referred to in Article 7

Species

Size

Kg/fish

No of fish/kg

Region

Geographical area

Minimum size

Sprat

( Sprattus sprattus )

0,004 and over

250 or less

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Annex 2 table heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.
F3: Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2578/2000 of 17 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products.
F4: Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2005 of 25 May 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products.

Footnotes

f1: The categories of weights include fish from the lower limit up to, but excluding, the upper limit.
f2: For mackerel of both species, number of fish/25 kg.
f3: Except Skagerrak and Kattegat.
f4: Skagerrak and Kattegat.
f5: This table shall apply until 31 December 1997.
f6: This table shall apply from 1 January 1998.
f7: Length of shell.
f8: Overall length.
f9: Width of shell.
f10: Width of shell at the widest point.
f11: Shell width, measured at the widest point.
f12: 20Laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p.1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 (OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 1).
f13: Laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1626/94.