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member states, there exists a standard set of minimum landing size

Minimum landing size

The minimum landing size is the smallest length at which it is legal to keep or sell a fish. What the MLS is depends on the species of fish. Sizes also vary around the world, as they are legal definitions which are defined by the local regulatory authority...

s (MLS) for all major species of finfish and shellfish

Shellfish

Shellfish is a culinary and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Although most kinds of shellfish are harvested from saltwater environments, some kinds are found only in freshwater...

. These MLS are set under EU Council Regulation 850/98.

Species (English) Species (Latin)	MLS	MLS Skagerrak/Kattegat
Cod Cod Cod is the common name for genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name for various other fishes. Cod is a popular food with a mild flavor, low fat content and a dense, flaky white flesh. Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil, an important source of... Gadus morhua	350 mm	300 mm
Haddock Haddock The haddock , also known as the offshore hake, is a marine fish distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. Haddock is a popular food fish and is widely fished commercially.... Melanogrammus aeglefinus	300 mm	270 mm
Saithe Pollachius virens	350 mm	300 mm
Pollock Pollock Pollock is the common name used for either of the two species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus. Both P. pollachius and P. virens are commonly referred to as pollock. Other names for P... Pollachius pollachius	300 mm	-
European Hake Merluccius merluccius The European hake is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius. It sometimes was called the "herring hake", perhaps because it often feeds on herring and therefore is likely to be netted along with herring... Merluccius merluccius	270 mm	300 mm
Megrim Lepidorhombus spp.	200 mm	250 mm
Sole Soleidae The true soles are a family, Soleidae, of flatfishes, and include species that live in salt water and fresh water. They are bottom-dwelling fishes feeding on small crustaceans and other invertebrates. Other flatfishes are also known as soles.... Soleidae or solea	240 mm	240 mm
Plaice European plaice The European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, is a commercially important flatfish.- Distribution and habitat :The geographical range of the European plaice is off all coasts from the Barents Sea to the Mediterranean, also in the Northeast Atlantic and along Greenland... Pleuronectes platessa	270 mm	270 mm
Whiting Merlangius merlangus Merlangius merlangus, commonly known as whiting is an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic, northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea... Merlangius merlangus	270 mm	230 mm
Common ling Common Ling The common ling or simply the ling, Molva molva, is a large member of the cod family. An ocean fish whose habitat is in the Atlantic region and can be found around Iceland, Faroe Islands, British Isles, the Norse coast and occasionally around Newfoundland, the ling has a long slender body that can... Molva molva	630 mm	-
Blue ling Molva dipterygiall	700 mm	-
Bass Bass (fish) Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both freshwater and marine species. All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch."-Types of basses:The temperate... Dicentrarchus labrax*	360 mm	-
Norway lobster Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus, known variously as the Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, or scampi, is a slim, orange-pink lobster which grows up to long, and is "the most important commercial crustacean in Europe"... Nephrops norvegicus		130 (40) mm
Mackerel Scombridae Scombridae is the family of the mackerels, tunas, and bonitos, and thus includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of about 55 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies... Scomber spp.	200 mm (300 mm in North Sea)	200 mm
Herring Herring Herring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of Clupea are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring and the Pacific herring may each be divided into subspecies... Clupea harengus	200 mm	180 mm
Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	150 mm	150 mm
Sardine Sardine Sardines, or pilchards, are several types of small, oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Sardines are named after the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which they were once abundant.... Sardina pilchardus	110 mm	-
European lobster European lobster Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea. It is closely related to the American lobster, H. americanus. It may grow to a length of and a mass of , and bears a... Homarus gammarus	87 mm	220 mm (78 mm)
Spinous spider crab Maja squinado Maja squinado is a species of migratory crab found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.-Diet:M... Maja squinado	120 mm	-
Scallop Scallop A scallop is a marine bivalve mollusk of the family Pectinidae. Scallops are a cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world's oceans. Many scallops are highly prized as a food source... Chlamys spp.	40 mm	-
Grooved carpetshell Ruditapes decussatus	40 mm	-
Carpetshell Venerupis pullastra	38 mm	-
Short-necked clam Ruditapes phillippinarum	40 mm	-
Clam Venus (genus) Venus is a genus of small to large saltwater clams in the family Veneridae, which is sometimes known as the Venus clams and their relatives. These are marine bivalve molluscs.... Venus verruosa	40 mm	-
Smooth clam Smooth clam The smooth clam, Callista chione, is a rather large, temperate, marine, bivalve mollusc that inhabits sandy bottoms or with small pebbles in clean waters down to about 200 m from the British Isles to the Mediterranean... Callista chione	60 mm	-
Atlantic jackknife clam Atlantic jackknife clam The Atlantic jackknife , Ensis directus, also known as the bamboo clam, American jackknife clam or razor clam , is a large species of edible marine bivalve mollusc, found on the North American Atlantic coast, from Canada to South Carolina as well as in Europe.This clam lives in sand and mud and is... Ensis spp.	100 mm	-
Surf clam Surf clam The surf clam, Spisula solida, is a medium sized marine clam or bivalve mollusc. Up to 5 cm long, like many clams it is a sediment-burrowing filter feeder.This species of clam is found at scattered locations around the British and Irish coasts.... Spisula solida	25 mm	-
Donax clam Donax Donax is a genus of small, edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. The genus is sometimes known as bean clams; however, Donax species have various common names in different parts of the world.... Donax spp.	25 mm	-
Bean solen Pharus legumen	65 mm	-
Whelk Buccinum undatum	45 mm	-
Octopus Octopus The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms... Octopus vulgaris	750 g Gram The gram is a metric system unit of mass....	-
Swordfish Swordfish Swordfish , also known as broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood... Xiphias gladius	1250 mm or 25 kg ^{lower mandible}	-
Northern bluefin tuna Northern bluefin tuna The Northern bluefin tuna is a species of tuna in the Scombridae family. It is variously known as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna and formerly as the tunny. Atlantic bluefin are native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea... Thunnus thynnus	700 mm or 6.4 kg	-
Crawfish Palinurus spp.	95 mm	-
Deepwater rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris	22 mm

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