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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
celtic seas otb elasmobranchs dipturus intermedius common skate 377 56696.3 5283.61 0 0 0 NA NA NA Yes
icelandic waters gns seabirds somateria mollissima common eider 404 4595 1144 0.321 0.0455 2.2635 1992 503 8373 No
baltic sea gns seabirds somateria mollissima common eider 580 138213 3537.11 0.0051 0.0004 0.065 NA NA NA No
icelandic waters gns seabirds uria aalge common guillemot 658 4595 1144 0.4992 0.2926 0.8517 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
bay of biscay and the iberian coast gtr seabirds uria aalge common guillemot 662 71937.2 7980.18 0.0001 0 0.4118 NA NA NA No
greater north sea gns seabirds uria aalge common guillemot 878 35093.5 5088.05 0 0 0.0065 NA NA NA No
greater north sea gns mammals phocoena phocoena harbor porpoise 1624 35093.5 7287.95 0.0172 0.0019 0.1591 NA NA NA Yes
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