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