Species FAO code: HAD

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
EU quality schemes and nutrition values
Conservation measures
Marketing standards
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Schellfisch	–
Belgium	fr Eglefin fr Aiglefin nl Schelvis	–
Bulgaria	bg Пикша	–
Croatia	hr bakalarka	–
Cyprus	el γάδος μελανόγραμμος	–
Czech Republic	cs Treska jednoskvrnná cs Treska skvrnitá	–
Denmark	da Kuller	–
Estonia	et Kilttursk et pikša	–
Finland	fi kolja sv kolja	–
France	fr églefin fr haddock (smoked)	–
Germany	de Schellfisch	–
Greece	el Μπακαλιάρος Haddock	–
Hungary	hu foltos tőkehal	–
Ireland	en Haddock ga Cadóg	–
Italy	it Eglefino	–
Latvia	lv Pikša	–
Lithuania	lt juodadėmė menkė	–
Luxembourg	de Schellfisch fr églefin fr haddock (smoked)	–
Netherlands	nl Schelvis	–
Poland	pl Plamiak pl łupacz	–
Portugal	pt Arinca pt Alecrim	–
Romania	ro Eglefin	–
Slovakia	sk treska jednoškvrnná	–
Slovenia	sl vahnja	–
Spain	es Eglefino	Asturias: Fañeca Asturias: Ferreta Asturias: Jodion Catalonia: Eglefí Galicia: Burro Basque Country: Burro Basque Country: Borriko
Sweden	sv Kolja	–

Main production methods

Caught
Farmed

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Recognized designations

protected geographical indication (PGI)

United Kingdom

Arbroath Smokies
protected geographical indication (PGI)

United Kingdom

Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish

Source: eAmbrosia - the EU geographical indications register (eAmbrosia)

Nutrition values

	Nutrition values per serving (100g)
Energy	74.0 kcal
Total fat	0.45 g
Saturates	0.091 g
Carbohydrate	0.0 g
Sugars	0.0 g
Protein	16.32 g
Salt	532.5 mg

Source: USDA - FoodData Central

Minimum conservation reference sizes

As defined in art. 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015, which admends article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, where minimum conservation reference sizes are established, they shall constitute minimum marketing sizes. More

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 30.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

North Sea: the North Sea shall comprise ICES sub-area 4, the adjacent part of ICES Division 2a lying south of latitude 64° N, and that part of ICES Division 3a which is not covered by the definition of Skagerrak

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 30.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.1.a Barents Sea - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.2.a.1 Norwegian Sea - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.2.b.1 Spitzbergen and Bear Island - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.6.b.1 Rockall - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.7.c.1 Porcupine Bank - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.7.j.1 Southwest of Ireland - East - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.7.k.1 Southwest of Ireland - West - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.8.d.1 Bay of Biscay - Offshore - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.8.e.1 West of Bay of Biscay - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.9.b.1 Portuguese Waters - West Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.10.a.1 Azores Grounds - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.12.a.1 Subdivision XIIa1 - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.12.a.2 Subdivision XIIa2 - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.14.b.1 Southeast Greenland - Parts of NEAFC Regulatory Area (Division XIVb1)
27.5.b.1.a Faroe Plateau - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area (Unit Vb1a)

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 30.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.8 Bay of Biscay (Subarea VIII)
27.9 Portuguese Waters (Subarea IX)
27.10 Azores Grounds (Subarea X)
34.2 Northern Oceanic
34.1.1 Morocco Coastal
34.1.2 Canaries/Madeira Insular

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 30.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.5 Iceland and Faeroes Grounds (Subarea V)
27.6 Rockall, Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland, (the Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland also known as the West of Scotland) (Subarea VI)
27.7 Irish Sea, West of Ireland, Porcupine Bank, Eastern and Western English Channel, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea North and South, and Southwest of Ireland - East and West (Subarea VII)

Minimum conservation reference size

≥ 27.0 cmTotal length (TL)

Fishing areas

27.3.a Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division IIIa)

TACs and quotas

Total allowable catches (TACs) or fishing opportunities, are catch limits (expressed in tonnes or numbers) that are set for most commercial fish stocks. TACs are set annually for most stocks (every two years for deep-sea stocks) by the Council of fisheries ministers. TACs are shared between EU countries in the form of national quotas. For each stock a different allocation percentage per EU country is applied for the sharing out of the quotas. Read more: TACs and quotas

Stocks (2021)

C/H/05B-F.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Gadus morhua

Fishing areas

27.5.b Faeroes Grounds (Division Vb) Faroese waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

0.0 t

Stocks (2021)

HAD/03A.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Fishing areas

27.3.a Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division IIIa)

TAC

2630.0 t

Union

2519.0 t

2120.0 t

12.0 t

2.0 t

135.0 t

250.0 t

Stocks (2021)

HAD/07A.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Fishing areas

27.7.a Irish Sea (Division VIIa)

TAC

3371.0 t

Union

1592.0 t

1322.0 t

49.0 t

221.0 t

Stocks (2021)

HAD/1N2AB.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Fishing areas

27.1 Barents Sea (Subarea I) Norwegian waters
27.2 Norwegian Sea, Spitzbergen, and Bear Island (Subarea II) Norwegian waters

TAC

Not relevant

Union

500.0 t

188.0 t

312.0 t

Stocks (2021)

HAD/2AC4.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Fishing areas

27.4 North Sea (Subarea IV)
27.2.a Norwegian Sea (Division IIa) United Kingdom waters

TAC

42785.0 t

Union

6080.0 t