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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-124/annex/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-124/annex/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/124",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 of 15 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/833 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-124",
  "path": "annex/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "PART VI OF ANNEX I.E TO THE CEM AS REFERRED TO IN POINT 21 OF ARTICLE 3, IN ARTICLE 21(2) AND IN POINT (I) OF POINT (A) OF ARTICLE 27(11) OF REGULATION (EU) 2019/833",
  "text": "List of VME Indicator Species\nCommon Name and FAO ASFIS 3- ALPHA CODE\nTaxon\nFamily\nFAO ASFIS 3-ALPHA CODE\nLarge-Sized Sponges\n(PFR – Porifera)\nAsconema foliatum\nRossellidae\nZBA\nAphrocallistes beatrix\nAphrocallistidae\nAsbestopluma (Asbestopluma) ruetzleri\nCladorhizidae\nZAB (Asbestopluma)\nAxinella sp.\nAxinellidae\nChondrocladia grandis\nCladorhizidae\nZHD (Chondrocladia)\nCladorhiza abyssicola\nCladorhizidae\nZCH (Cladorhiza)\nCladorhiza kenchingtonae\nCladorhizidae\nZCH (Cladorhiza)\nCraniella spp.\nTetillidae\nZCS (Craniella spp.)\nDictyaulus romani\nEuplectellidae\nZDY (Dictyaulus)\nEsperiopsis villosa\nEsperiopsidae\nZEW\nForcepia spp.\nCoelosphaeridae\nZFR\nGeodia barrette\nGeodiidae\nGeodia macandrewii\nGeodiidae\nGeodia parva\nGeodiidae\nGeodia phlegraei\nGeodiidae\nHaliclona sp.\nChalinidae\nZHL\nIophon piceum\nAcarnidae\nWJP\nIsodictya palmata\nIsodictyidae\nLissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) complicata\nCoelosphaeridae\nZDD\nMycale (Mycale) lingua\nMycalidae\nMycale (Mycale) loveni\nMycalidae\nPhakellia sp.\nAxinellidae\nPolymastia spp.\nPolymastiidae\nZPY\nStelletta normani\nAncorinidae\nWSX (Stelletta)\nStelletta tuberosa\nAncorinidae\nWSX (Stelletta)\nStryphnus fortis\nAncorinidae\nWPH\nThenea muricata\nPachastrellidae\nZTH (Thenea)\nThenea valdiviae\nPachastrellidae\nZTH (Thenea)\nWeberella bursa\nPolymastiidae\nStony Corals (CSS – Scleractinia)\nEnallopsammia rostrata *\nDendrophylliidae\nFEY\nLophelia pertusa *\nCaryophylliidae\nLWS\nMadrepora oculata *\nOculinidae\nMVI\nSolenosmilia variabilis *\nCaryophylliidae\nRZT\nSmall Gorgonians\n(GGW)\nAcanella arbuscula\nIsididae\nKQL (Acanella)\nAnthothela grandiflora\nAnthothelidae\nWAG\nChrysogorgia sp.\nChrysogorgiidae\nFHX\nMetallogorgia melanotrichos *\nChrysogorgiidae\nNarella laxa\nPrimnoidae\nRadicipes gracilis\nChrysogorgiidae\nCZN\nSwiftia sp.\nPlexauridae\nLarge Gorgonians\n(GGW)\nAcanthogorgia armata\nAcanthogorgiidae\nAZC\nCalyptrophora sp.*\nPrimnoidae\nCorallium bathyrubrum\nCoralliidae\nCOR (Corallium)\nCorallium bayeri\nCoralliidae\nCOR (Corallium)\nIridogorgia sp.*\nChrysogorgiidae\nKeratoisis cf. siemensii\nIsididae\nKeratoisis grayi\nIsididae\nLepidisis sp.*\nIsididae\nQFX (Lepidisis)\nParagorgia arborea\nParagorgiidae\nBFU\nParagorgia johnsoni\nParagorgiidae\nBFV\nParamuricea grandis\nPlexauridae\nPZL (Paramuricea)\nParamuricea placomus\nPlexauridae\nPZL (Paramuricea)\nParamuricea spp.\nPlexauridae\nPZL (Paramuricea)\nParastenella atlantica\nPrimnoidae\nPlacogorgia sp.\nPlexauridae\nPlacogorgia terceira\nPlexauridae\nPrimnoa resedaeformis\nPrimnoidae\nQOE\nThouarella (Euthouarella) grasshoffi *\nPrimnoidae\nSea Pens (NTW – Pennatulacea)\nAnthoptilum grandiflorum\nAnthoptilidae\nAJG (Anthoptilum)\nDistichoptilum gracile\nProtoptilidae\nWDG\nFuniculina quadrangularis\nFuniculinidae\nFQJ\nHalipteris cf. christii\nHalipteridae\nZHX (Halipteris)\nHalipteris finmarchica\nHalipteridae\nHFM\nHalipteris sp.\nHalipteridae\nZHX (Halipteris)\nKophobelemnon stelliferum\nKophobelemnidae\nKVF\nPennatula aculeata\nPennatulidae\nQAC\nPennatula grandis\nPennatulidae\nPennatula sp.\nPennatulidae\nProtoptilum carpenteri\nProtoptilidae\nUmbellula lindahli\nUmbellulidae\nVirgularia mirabilis\nVirgulariidae\nTube-Dwelling Anemones\nPachycerianthus borealis\nCerianthidae\nWQB\nErect Bryozoans (BZN – Bryozoa)\nEucratea loricata\nEucrateidae\nWEL\nSea Lilies (CWD – Crinoidea)\nConocrinus lofotensis\nBourgueticrinidae\nWCF\nGephyrocrinus grimaldii\nHyocrinidae\nTrichometra cubensis\nAntedonidae\nSea Squirts (SSX – Ascidiacea)\nBoltenia ovifera\nPyuridae\nWBO\nHalocynthia aurantium\nPyuridae\nUnlikely to be observed in trawls; in situ observations only:\nLarge xenophyophores\nSyringammina sp.\nSyringamminidae",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/989 of 27 April 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/124 as regards certain provisions of, and Annexes to, the conservation and enforcement measures of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/124/annex/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:51.433020+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}