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 (English) Species (Latin)	MLS	MLS Skagerrak/Kattegat
Cod Gadus morhua	350 mm	300 mm
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus	300 mm	270 mm
Saithe Pollachius virens	350 mm	300 mm
Pollock Pollachius pollachius	300 mm	-
European Hake Merluccius merluccius	270 mm	300 mm
Megrim Lepidorhombus spp.	200 mm	250 mm
Sole Soleidae or solea	240 mm	240 mm
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa	270 mm	270 mm
Whiting Merlangius merlangus	270 mm	230 mm
Common ling Molva molva	630 mm	-
Blue ling Molva dipterygiall	700 mm	-
Bass Dicentrarchus labrax	420 mm	-
Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus	^[1]	130 (40) mm ^[2]
Mackerel Scomber spp.	200 mm (300 mm in North Sea)	200 mm
Herring Clupea harengus	200 mm	180 mm
Horse mackerel Trachurus spp.	150 mm	150 mm
Sardine Sardina pilchardus	110 mm	-
European lobster Homarus gammarus	87 mm ^[3]	220 mm (78 mm)
Spinous spider crab Maja squinado	120 mm	-
Scallop Chlamys spp.	40 mm	-
Grooved carpetshell Ruditapes decussatus	40 mm	-
Carpetshell Venerupis pullastra	38 mm	-
Short-necked clam Ruditapes phillippinarum	40 mm	-
Clam Venus verruosa	40 mm	-
Smooth clam Callista chione	60 mm	-
Atlantic jackknife clam Ensis spp.	100 mm	-
Surf clam Spisula solida	25 mm	-
Donax clam Donax spp.	25 mm	-
Bean solen Pharus legumen	65 mm	-
Whelk Buccinum undatum	45 mm	-
Octopus Octopus vulgaris	750 g	-
Swordfish Xiphias gladius	1250 mm or 25 kg ^{lower mandible}	-
Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus	700 mm or 6.4 kg	-
Crawfish Palinurus spp.	95 mm	-
Deepwater rose shrimp Parapenaeus longirostris	22 mm ^[3]

Notes

↑ There are various MLS for prawns depending on the area in which they are caught. Common MLS are carapace lengths of 25 mm or 20 mm combined with a total length of 85 mm or 70 mm. See here for full details.
↑ The MLS for prawns is a minimum total length of 130 mm with a minimum carapace length of 40 mm.
1 2 Size given is for minimum carapace length. No minimum total length is stipulated.

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