European Fishery MLS

In European Union member states, there exists a standard set of minimum landing sizes (MLS) for all major species of finfish and shellfish. These MLS are set under EU Council Regulation 850/98.

Species	Image	MLS	MLS Skagerrak/Kattegat
Cod Gadus morhua	File:Gadus morhua Cod-2b-Atlanterhavsparken-Norway.JPG	350 mm	300 mm
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	File:Melanogrammus aeglefinus.png	300 mm	270 mm
Saithe (Coalfish) Pollachius virens	File:Pollachius virens.png	350 mm	300 mm
Pollock Pollachius pollachius	File:Pollachius pollachius aquarium.jpg	300 mm	–
European Hake Merluccius merluccius	File:Merluccius merluccius.jpg	270 mm	300 mm
Megrim Lepidorhombus spp.	File:Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis 4G.jpg	200 mm	250 mm
Sole Soleidae or solea	File:Pegusa lascaris.jpg	240 mm	240 mm
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa	File:Pleuronectes platessa.jpg	270 mm	270 mm
Whiting Merlangius merlangus	File:Vitling, Iduns kokbok.jpg	270 mm	230 mm
Common ling Molva molva	File:Molva molva.jpg	630 mm	–
Blue ling Molva dipterygiall		700 mm	–
Bass Dicentrarchus labrax	File:StripedBass.JPG	420 mm	–
Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus	File:Nephrops norvegicus.jpg	85 mm	130 (40) mm
Mackerel Scomber spp.	File:Scsco u0.gif	200 mm (300 mm in North Sea)	200 mm
Herring Clupea harengus	File:Herringadultkils.jpg	200 mm	180 mm
Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	File:Atlantic Horse Mackerel.jpg	150 mm	150 mm
Sardine Sardina pilchardus	File:Sardina pilchardus Gervais.jpg	110 mm	–
European lobster Homarus gammarus	File:Homarus gammarus(01).jpg	87 mm	220 mm (78 mm)
Spinous spider crab Maia squinado	File:Maja squinado underside.jpg	Male: 130 mm Female: 120 mm	–
Queen scallop Chlamys spp.	File:Scallop eyes.jpg	40 mm	–
Grooved carpetshell Ruditapes decussatus	File:Tapes decussatus2.jpg	40 mm	–
Carpetshell Venerupis pullastra	File:Venerupis senegalensis2.jpg	38 mm	–
Short-necked clam Ruditapes philippinarum	File:Ruditapes philippinarum.jpg	35 mm	–
Clam Venus verruosa	File:Venus affinis.jpg	40 mm	–
Smooth clam Callista chione	File:800px-Fasolaro.jpg	60 mm	–
Atlantic jackknife clam Ensis spp.	File:Ensis directus.jpg	100 mm	–
Surf clam Spisula solida	File:Spisula solida.jpg	25 mm	–
Donax clam Donax spp.	File:Coquina variation3.jpg	25 mm	–
Bean solen Pharus legumen	File:Pharus legumen.jpg	65 mm	–
Whelk Buccinum undatum	File:Buccinum undatum Wellhornschnecke.jpg	45 mm	–
Octopus Octopus vulgaris	File:Octopus vulgaris Merculiano.jpg	750 grams	–
Swordfish Xiphias gladius	File:Xiphias gladius1.jpg	1250 mm or 25 kg lower mandible	–
Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus	File:Bluefin-big.jpg	700 mm or 6.4 kg	–
Crayfish Palinurus spp.	File:Crayfish.jpg	95 mm	–
Deepwater rose shrimp Template:Interlanguage link multi	File:Woda-6 ubt.jpeg	22 mm	–

See also

• List of harvested aquatic animals by weight