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2025 ICES Advice on bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species of marine mammals, seabirds, marine turtles and selected fish species of bycatch relevance.

For details, see ICES, 2025. Bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species of marine mammals, seabirds, marine turtles and selected fish species of bycatch relevance. In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2025. ICES Advice 2025, byc.eu. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.30734714

For explanations of columns, see Annex 7 in the above document.



ICES ecoregion
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ICES ecoregion Metier L4 Taxon Species Common Name Reported Bycatch 2024 Fishing effort (DaS) 2024 monitoring effort (DaS) 2017-2024 BPUE BPUE lower CI BPUE upper CI Bycatch 2024 Bycatch lower CI Bycatch upper CI Priority
bay of biscay and the iberian coast otm mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 2 354.933 35.2016 0.2003 0.0206 1.9518 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
bay of biscay and the iberian coast ps mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 19 56608.7 1582.32 0.0072 0.0013 0.0407 443 147 1469 Yes
bay of biscay and the iberian coast ptb mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 227 7565.44 1374.61 0.0022 0 133.3626 704 269 3308 Yes
bay of biscay and the iberian coast ptm mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 122 4836.47 1215.76 0.1257 0.0496 0.3183 608 241 1540 Yes
celtic seas gns mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 19 16231.6 1707.84 0.0084 0.001 0.069 NA NA NA Yes
celtic seas gtr mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 4 2931.1 512.738 0.017 0.0026 0.1101 50 8 323 Yes
celtic seas otb mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 12 56696.3 4804.61 0.0005 0 0.0132 NA NA NA Yes
celtic seas ott mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 4 10637.1 1372.1 0.0041 0.001 0.0176 44 11 188 Yes
celtic seas ps mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 1 467 139 0.008 0.0007 0.0914 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
celtic seas ptm mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 3 3310.6 428.122 0.0064 0.0015 0.0269 21 5 89 Yes
greater north sea gns mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 5 35093.5 7287.95 0 0 0.0323 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
greater north sea gtr mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 12 10854.1 1064.49 0.0001 0 6.3692 NA NA NA Yes
greater north sea otb mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 8 111989 5311.87 0 0 0.01 NA NA NA Yes
greater north sea ps mammals delphinus delphis short-beaked common dolphin 14 2137.41 97.6833 0.1227 0.0392 0.3841 262 84 821 Yes
baltic sea gns seabirds clangula hyemalis long-tailed duck 276 138213 3537.11 0.0002 0 5.8489 NA NA NA No
icelandic waters gns seabirds clangula hyemalis long-tailed duck 9 4595 1144 0.0064 0.001 0.0423 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
aegean-levantine sea lld turtles chelonia mydas green sea turtle 6 1345.21 106 0.0689 0.0115 0.4144 93 16 558 Yes
aegean-levantine sea otb turtles chelonia mydas green sea turtle 1 38017.5 1156 0.0057 0.0002 0.177 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
azores gns turtles chelonia mydas green sea turtle 1 2216.8 103.2 0.0097 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
baltic sea gns seabirds cepphus grylle black guillemot 3 138213 3537.11 0.0007 0.0002 0.003 101 25 417 No
greater north sea gns seabirds cepphus grylle black guillemot 2 35093.5 5088.05 0.0007 0 0.0088 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
icelandic waters gns seabirds cepphus grylle black guillemot 239 4595 1144 0.1081 0.0065 1.7853 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
adriatic sea lld turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 24 3731.48 257 0.0979 0.0124 0.7735 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
adriatic sea otb turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 42 123059 821 0.0065 0.0001 0.3468 NA NA NA Yes
adriatic sea ps turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 20 15972.5 534 0.0129 0.001 0.1703 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
adriatic sea ptm turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 67 8700.5 1142 0.0585 0.0439 0.078 509 382 679 Yes
aegean-levantine sea lld turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 2 1345.21 106 0.0212 0.0029 0.1538 29 4 207 Yes
aegean-levantine sea lls turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 2 165487 1315 0.0021 0.0001 0.0393 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
aegean-levantine sea otb turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 11 38017.5 1156 0.0242 0.0034 0.171 NA NA NA Yes
azores gns turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 3 2216.8 103.2 0.0291 0.0094 0.0901 64 21 200 Yes
azores lld turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 29 1106.8 480 0.048 0.0116 0.1988 53 13 220 Yes
bay of biscay and the iberian coast gns turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 3 45477.1 7033 0.0006 0.0001 0.0035 29 6 159 Yes
bay of biscay and the iberian coast gtr turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 1 71937.2 7980.18 0.0002 0 0.0023 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
bay of biscay and the iberian coast lld turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 8 2172.62 163.595 0.0551 0.0081 0.3765 120 18 818 Yes
bay of biscay and the iberian coast otb turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 1 71160.3 2728.23 0.0004 0.0001 0.0026 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
ionian sea and the central mediterranean sea lld turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 3 10039.2 235 0.0249 0.0011 0.5886 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
oceanic northeast atlantic lld turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 3 5090 45 0.0667 0.0215 0.2067 339 110 1053 Yes
western mediterranean sea lld turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 106 34340.8 2608 0.0006 0 0.1718 NA NA NA Yes
western mediterranean sea otb turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 9 150669 6238.67 0.0013 0.0006 0.0029 203 96 430 Yes
western mediterranean sea ott turtles caretta caretta loggerhead 3 4281.86 594.75 0.005 0.0016 0.0156 22 7 67 Yes
western mediterranean sea lld seabirds calonectris diomedea cory's shearwater 224 34340.8 2453 0 0 0.0486 NA NA NA No
baltic sea gns seabirds bucephala clangula common goldeneye 1 138213 3537.11 0.0016 0.0001 0.0407 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
bay of biscay and the iberian coast gns mammals balaenoptera acutorostrata NA 1 45477.1 7339 0.0001 0 0.001 NA NA NA No
icelandic waters gns mammals balaenoptera acutorostrata NA 1 4595 1144 0.0009 0.0001 0.0062 NA NA NA No
baltic sea gns seabirds aythya marila greater scaup 8 138213 3537.11 0.0101 0.0002 0.4557 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
baltic sea gtr seabirds aythya marila greater scaup 1 4376 570.693 0.0047 0.0003 0.0799 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
baltic sea gns seabirds aythya fuligula tufted duck 2 138213 3537.11 0.0017 0.0002 0.0142 230 27 1959 No
baltic sea gtr seabirds aythya fuligula tufted duck 4 4376 570.693 0.0108 0.0017 0.0688 47 8 301 No
baltic sea gns seabirds alca torda razorbill 18 138213 3537.11 0 0 0.8421 NA NA NA No
baltic sea gtr seabirds alca torda razorbill 2 4376 570.693 0.0035 0.0009 0.014 15 4 62 No
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