Under the DCF, fishing activity (metier) by region follows the aggregation at various levels. The complete schema is reported in Appendix IV of Commission Decision 2010/93/EU.
Under the EU-MAP, the full schema is reported in Table 2 of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1251.
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4. Fishing Activity for Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 |
| Activity | Gear clesses | Gear groups | Gear type | Target assemblage | Mesh size and other selective devices |
| Fishing Activity |
Dredges | Dredges | Boat dredge [DRB] | Molluscs | |
| Trawls | Bottom trawls | Bottom otter trawl [OTB] | Demersal species | ||
| Deep water species | |||||
| Mixed demersal species and deep water species | |||||
| Multi-rig otter trawl [OTT] | Demersal species | ||||
| Bottom pair trawl [PTB] | |||||
| Beam trawl [TBB] | |||||
| Pelagic trawls | Midwater otter trawl [OTM] | Mixed demersal and pelagic species | |||
| Pelagic pair trawl [PTM] | Small pelagic fish | ||||
| Hooks and Lines | Rods and Lines | Hand and Pole lines [LHP] [LHM] | Finfish | ||
| Cephalopods | |||||
| Trolling lines [LTL] | Large pelagic fish | ||||
| Longlines | Drifting longlines [LLD] | Large pelagic fish | |||
| Set longlines [LLS] | Demersal fish | ||||
| Traps | Traps | Pots and Traps [FPO] | Demersal species | ||
| Fyke nets [FYK] | Demersal fish | ||||
| Demersal species | |||||
| Stationary uncovered pound nets [FPN] | Large pelagic fish | ||||
| Nets | Nets | Trammel net [GTR] | Demersal species | ||
| Set gillnet [GNS] | Small and large pelagic fish | ||||
| Demersal species | |||||
| Driftnet [GND] | Small pelagic fish | ||||
| Demersal species | |||||
| Seines | Surrounding nets | Purse seine [PS] | Small pelagic fish | ||
| Large pelagic fish | |||||
| Lampara nets [LA] | Small and large pelagic fish | ||||
| Seines | Fly shooting seine [SSC] | Demersal species | |||
| Anchored seine [SDN] | |||||
| Pair seine [SPR] | |||||
| Beach and boat seine [SB] [SV] | |||||
| Other gear | Other gear | Glass eel fishing | Glass eel | ||
| Misc. (Specify) | Misc. (Specify) | ||||
| Other activity than fishing | Other actvity than fishing (OATF) | ||||
| Inactive | Inactive | ||||
| Recreational fisheries | Only for these species: Blue tuna, Eels (BFTE) | Not applicable | |||