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Data Collection Framework - DCF

Recreational Fishing Area

Recreational Fishing Areas correspond to the level 2 in the definition of the 'Geographical stratification by region'.
Species to be collected for recreational fisheries by region:

DCF

EU-MAP

Appendix II of Commission Decision 2010/93/EU

Table 3 of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1251

Baltic Sea (ICES areas III b-d)

Salmon, Cod, Eels, Sharks

Baltic Sea (ICES Subdivisions 22-32)

Salmon, eels and seatrout (including in fresh water) and cod

North Sea (ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId) and Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)

Cod, Eels and Sharks

North Sea (ICES areas IIIa, IV and VIId)

Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack and elasmobranchs

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Eastern Arctic (ICES areas I and II)

Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Cod, pollack and elasmobranchs

North Atlantic (ICES areas V-XIV and NAFO areas)

Salmon, Seabass, Sharks, Eels (for ICES areas only)

North Atlantic (ICES areas V-XIV and NAFO areas)

Salmon and eels (including in fresh water). Seabass, cod, pollack, elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea

Bluefin tuna, Eels, Sharks

Mediterranean Sea

Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species

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Black Sea

Eels (including in fresh water), elasmobranchs and highly migratory ICCAT species

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