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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
western mediterranean sea lld mammals globicephala melas long-finned pilot whale 1 34340.8 2453 0.0004 0 0.0047 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
western mediterranean sea lld mammals tursiops truncatus bottlenose dolphin 1 34340.8 2453 0.0007 0 0.0124 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
western mediterranean sea otb elasmobranchs dipturus batis common skate 1 150669 6238.67 0.0002 0 0.0011 uncertain uncertain uncertain Yes
western mediterranean sea otb seabirds ichthyaetus melanocephalus mediterranean gull 1 150669 6238.67 0.0002 0 0.0011 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
western mediterranean sea otb seabirds puffinus yelkouan yelkouan shearwater 1 150669 6238.67 0.0002 0 0.0011 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
western mediterranean sea otb mammals stenella coeruleoalba striped dolphin 1 150669 6238.67 0.0002 NA NA NA No
western mediterranean sea ott mammals tursiops truncatus bottlenose dolphin 1 4281.86 594.75 0.0017 0.0002 0.0118 uncertain uncertain uncertain No
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