Landings of fish and shellfish per regional sea, and proportion of landings for which stock assessments are available

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This figure shows landings of commercial fish and shellfish per regional sea, and the proportions of landings for which stock assessments were conducted in 2015. A distinction is made between the landings for (1) assessed stocks for which adequate information is available to determine good environmental status (GES) for fishing mortality (F) and/or reproductive capacity (spawning stock biomass (SSB)); (2) assessed stocks for which insufficient information is available to determine GES for F and/or SSB; and (3) unassessed stocks (for further information see EEA CSI032, 2018, Methodology section, on how this distinction is made, and European Commission Decision 2017/848/EU on criteria and methodological standards on GES of marine waters).

https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/total-catch-in-ices-and-gfcm-fishing-regions-of-europe-in-4/82843_fig02-commercial-fish-landings-with.eps/image_large

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Last upload:

03 Jul 2018

Temporal coverage:

2015

Tags:

fish stocks , fisheries , good environmental status , marine and coastal

Geographic coverage:

Barentsz Sea , Bay of Biscay , Celtic Sea , Marine Baltic sea , Marine Black sea , Marine Macaronesian/Atlantic ocean , Marine Mediterranean sea , Marine North sea , Marine North-east Atlantic ocean

Methodology:

Landings were divided into proportion of landings of assessed stocks and unassessed stocks. Assessed stocks are those for which the level of exploitation and/or reproductive capacity can be assessed against a reference point in line with the MSFD methodological requirements.

Additional information

Landings information for the North-East Atlantic and the Baltic Sea is based on the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Official Nominal Catches, 2006-2015 dataset. Landings information for the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea is based on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) capture production dataset. The figure is based on 2015 data.