Statutory guidance
Common species codes
Updated 2 February 2017
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 β Alfonsino
- ANE β Anchovy
- ANF β Anglerfish or monkfish
- ARG β Argentines
- BIB β Pouting or pout whiting
- BLI β Blue ling
- BLL β Brill
- BOC β Boarfish
- BSF β Black scabbardfish
- CAP β Capelin
- CAT β Catfish
- CMO β Rabbit fish
- COD β Cod
- COE β Conger eels
- CRG β Shore crab or green crab
- CRE β Edible crab
- CRR β Red crab (deep sea)
- CRW β Spiny lobster or crawfish
- CTL β Cuttlefish
- CYO β Portuguese dogfish
- DAB β Common dab
- DGS β Spurdog
- DGX β Dogfish β others
- FLE β Flounder
- FLX β Mixed flatfish
- GFB β Greater forkbeard
- GHL β Greenland halibut
- GUX β Gurnard
- HAD β Haddock
- HAL β Halibut
- HER β Herring
- HKE β Hake
- JAD β Norwegian skate
- JAX β Horse mackerel
- JOD β John Dory
- LBE β Lobster
- LEM β Lemon sole
- LEZ β Megrim
- LIN β Ling
- MAC β Mackerel
- MUR β Red mullet
- LIO β Velvet crab
- LOQ β Squat lobster
- NEP β Norway lobster (nephrops)
- NOP β Norway pout
- OCT β Octopus
- PLE β Plaice
- POK β Saithe
- POL β Pollack
- QSC β Scallop β queen
- RAZ β Razorfish
- RED β Redfish
- RJA β White Skate
- RJC β Thornback ray
- RJE β Small eyed ray
- RJF β Shagreen ray
- RJH β Blonde ray
- RJI β Sandy ray
- RJM β Spotted ray
- RJN β Cuckoo ray
- RJU β Undulate ray
- RNG β Roundnose grenadier
- SAN β Sandeel
- SBR β Seabream
- SCE β Scallop β king
- SCL β Spotted dogfish
- SOL β Common sole
- SPR β European sprat
- SQC β Squid
- SRX β Skate
- TUR β Turbot
- USK β Tusk
- WHB β Blue whiting
- WHE β Whelk
- WHG β Whiting
- WIT β Witch