Guidance

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) areas for north east atlantic

Updated 28 December 2023

The table below coverers FAO area 27, the North East Atlantic, a complete list of FAO areas is available on the FAO website.

Atlantic, Northeast 27      
Barents Sea (Subarea I) 27 1    
Barents Sea - NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 1 a  
Barents Sea - non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 1 b  
Azores Grounds (Subarea X) 27 10    
Azores Grounds (Division Xa) 27 10 a  
Azores Grounds - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 10 a 1
Azores Grounds - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 10 a 2
Northeast Atlantic South (Division Xb) 27 10 b  
North of Azores (Subarea XII) 27 12    
Southern mid-Atlantic Ridge (Southern Reykjanes Ridge south to Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone) (Division XIIa) 27 12 a  
Subdivision XIIa1 - NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 12 a 1
Subdivision XIIa2 - NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 12 a 2
Subdivision XIIa3 - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 12 a 3
Subdivision XIIa4 - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 12 a 4
Western Hatton Bank (Division XIIb) 27 12 b  
Central Northeast Atlantic - South (Division XIIc) 27 12 c  
East Greenland (Subarea XIV) 27 14    
Northeast Greenland (Division XIVa) 27 14 a  
Southeast Greenland (Division XIVb) 2 14 b  
Southeast Greenland - Parts of NEAFC Regulatory Area (Division XIVb1) 27 14 b 1
Southeast Greenland - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area (Division XIVb1) 27 14 b 2
Norwegian Sea, Spitzbergen, and Bear Island (Subarea II) 27 2    
Norwegian Sea (Division IIa) 27 2 a  
Norwegian Sea - NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 2 a 1
Norwegian Sea - non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 2 a 2
Spitzbergen and Bear Island (Division IIb) 27 2 b  
Skagerrak, Kattegat, Sound, Belt Sea, and Baltic Sea, the Sound and Belt together known also as the Transition Area (Subarea III) 27 3    
Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division IIIa) 27 3 a  
Skagerrak 27 3 a n
Kattegat 27 3 a s
Sound and Belt Sea or the Transition Area (Divisions IIIb) 27 3 b  
Sound 27 3 b 23
Sound and Belt Sea or the Transition Area (Divisions IIIb) 27 3 c  
Belt Sea 27 3 c 22
Baltic Sea (Division IIId) 27 3 d  
Baltic West of Bornholm (Subdivision 24) 27 3 d 24
Southern Central Baltic – West (Subdivision 25 27 3 d 25
Southern Central Baltic - East (Subdivision 26) 27 3 d 26
West of Gotland (Subdivision 27) 27 3 d 27
East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (Subdivision 28) 27 3 d 28
Archipelago Sea (Subdivision 29) 27 3 d 29
Bothnian Sea (Subdivision 30) 27 3 d 30
Bothnian Bay (Subdivision 31) 27 3 d 31
Gulf of Finland (Subdivision 32) 27 3 d 32
North Sea (Subarea IV) 27 4    
Northern North Sea (Division IVa) 27 4 a  
Central North Sea (Division IVb) 27 4 b  
Southern North Sea (Division IVc) 27 4 c  
Iceland and Faeroes Grounds (Subarea V) 27 5    
Iceland Grounds (Division Va) 27 5 a  
Northern Reykjanes Ridge 27 5 a 1
Icelandic Shelf 27 5 a 2
Faeroes Grounds (Division Vb) 27 5 b  
Faeroe Plateau (Subdivision Vb1) 27 5 b 1
Faeroe Bank (Subdivision Vb2) 27 5 b 2
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 6    
Northwest Coast of Scotland and North Ireland or as the West of Scotland (Division VIa) 27 6 a  
Rockall (Division VIb) 27 6 b  
Rockall - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 6 b 1
Rockall Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 6 b 2
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) 27 7    
Irish Sea (Division VIIa) 27 7 a  
West of Ireland (Division VIIb) 27 7 b  
Porcupine Bank (Division VIIc) 27 7 c  
Porcupine Bank - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 7 c 1
Porcupine Bank - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 7 c 2
Eastern English Channel (Division VIId) 27 7 d  
Western English Channel (Division VIIe) 27 7 e  
Bristol Channel (Division VIIf) 27 7 f  
Celtic Sea North (Division VIIg) 27 7 g  
Celtic Sea South ( Division VIIh) 27 7 h  
Southwest of Ireland / East (Division VIIj) 27 7 j  
Southwest of Ireland - East - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 7 j 1
Southwest of Ireland - East - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 7 j 2  
Southwest of Ireland - West (Division VIIk) 27 7 k  
Southwest of Ireland - West - Part of NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 7 k 1
Southwest of Ireland - West - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Are 27 7 k 2
Bay of Biscay (Subarea VIII) 27 8    
Bay of Biscay / North (Division VIIIa) 27 8 a  
Bay of Biscay / Central (Division VIIIb) 27 8 b  
Bay of Biscay / South (Division VIIIc) 27 8 c  
Bay of Biscay / Offshore (Division VIIId) 27 8 d  
Bay of Biscay - Offshore - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 8 d 1
Bay of Biscay - Offshore - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 8 d 2
West of Bay of Biscay (Division VIIIe) 27 8 e  
West of Bay of Biscay - Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 8 e 1
West of Bay of Biscay - Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 8 e 2  
Portuguese Waters (Subarea IX) 27 9    
Portuguese Waters / East (Division IXa) 27 9 a  
Portuguese Waters / West (Division IXb) 27 9 b  
Portuguese Waters - West Parts in NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 9 b 1
Portuguese Waters - West Non-NEAFC Regulatory Area 27 9 b 2