Statutory guidance

Common species codes

Updated 2 February 2017

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This list is the most common species caught and the associated Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations short code. The list is not a comprehensive list of all species.

  • ALF – Alfonsino
  • ANE – Anchovy
  • ANF – Anglerfish or monkfish
  • ARG – Argentines
  • BIB – Pouting or pout whiting
  • BLI – Blue ling
  • BLL – Brill
  • BOC – Boarfish
  • BSF – Black scabbardfish
  • CAP – Capelin
  • CAT – Catfish
  • CMO – Rabbit fish
  • COD – Cod
  • COE – Conger eels
  • CRG – Shore crab or green crab
  • CRE – Edible crab
  • CRR – Red crab (deep sea)
  • CRW – Spiny lobster or crawfish
  • CTL – Cuttlefish
  • CYO – Portuguese dogfish
  • DAB – Common dab
  • DGS – Spurdog
  • DGX – Dogfish – others
  • FLE – Flounder
  • FLX – Mixed flatfish
  • GFB – Greater forkbeard
  • GHL – Greenland halibut
  • GUX – Gurnard
  • HAD – Haddock
  • HAL – Halibut
  • HER – Herring
  • HKE – Hake
  • JAD – Norwegian skate
  • JAX – Horse mackerel
  • JOD – John Dory
  • LBE – Lobster
  • LEM – Lemon sole
  • LEZ – Megrim
  • LIN – Ling
  • MAC – Mackerel
  • MUR – Red mullet
  • LIO – Velvet crab
  • LOQ – Squat lobster
  • NEP – Norway lobster (nephrops)
  • NOP – Norway pout
  • OCT – Octopus
  • PLE – Plaice
  • POK – Saithe
  • POL – Pollack
  • QSC – Scallop ‐ queen
  • RAZ – Razorfish
  • RED – Redfish
  • RJA – White Skate
  • RJC – Thornback ray
  • RJE – Small eyed ray
  • RJF – Shagreen ray
  • RJH – Blonde ray
  • RJI – Sandy ray
  • RJM – Spotted ray
  • RJN – Cuckoo ray
  • RJU – Undulate ray
  • RNG – Roundnose grenadier
  • SAN – Sandeel
  • SBR – Seabream
  • SCE – Scallop – king
  • SCL – Spotted dogfish
  • SOL – Common sole
  • SPR – European sprat
  • SQC – Squid
  • SRX – Skate
  • TUR – Turbot
  • USK – Tusk
  • WHB – Blue whiting
  • WHE – Whelk
  • WHG – Whiting
  • WIT – Witch
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