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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
Metier 4
Species
     
Common Name
Taxon
Priority
     




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
norwegian sea gns seabirds uria aalge common guillemot 7 7001.1 0.0049 0.0001 0.3334 NA NA NA No
celtic seas gnd elasmobranchs dipturus intermedius common skate 11 96.3618 85 0.0782 0.0034 1.7993 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
greater north sea fyk mammals phoca vitulina harbor seal 3 1523.31 11 0.1872 0.0299 1.1741 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
baltic sea fpo mammals halichoerus grypus gray seal 9 3269.51 159 0.0147 0.0001 2.1074 NA NA NA No
baltic sea fpo mammals pusa hispida ringed seal 1 3269.51 159 0.0063 0.0009 0.0446 21 3 146 No
baltic sea fpn seabirds phalacrocorax carbo great cormorant 1 7130.79 103 0.0256 0.0013 0.5177 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
baltic sea fpn seabirds somateria mollissima common eider 1 7130.79 103 0.0097 0.0014 0.0691 69 10 493 No
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