Priority Species
SAC Provisional Priority species list / Liste provisoire des espèces prioritaires du CSC (Rome, 2006) (PDF)


Scientific name3 Alpha CodeEnglish common nameFAO Species
Fact Sheets
Acipenser gueldenstaedtiiAPGDanube sturgeon(=Osetr)FAO Species Fact Sheets
Acipenser stellatusAPEStarry sturgeonFAO Species Fact Sheets
Acipenser sturioAPUSturgeonFAO Species Fact Sheets
Anguilla anguillaELEEuropean eelFAO Species Fact Sheets
Aristaeomorpha foliaceaARSGiant red shrimp
Aristeus antennatusARABlue and red shrimpFAO Species Fact Sheets
Boops boopsBOGBogueFAO Species Fact Sheets
Coryphaena hippurusDOLCommon dolphinfishFAO Species Fact Sheets
Eledone cirrosaEOIHorned octopus
Eledone moschataEDTMusky octopus
Engraulis encrasicolusANEEuropean anchovyFAO Species Fact Sheets
Huso husoHUHBelugaFAO Species Fact Sheets
Isurus oxyrinchusSMAShortfin makoFAO Species Fact Sheets
Lamna nasusPORPorbeagleFAO Species Fact Sheets
Loligo vulgarisSQREuropean squid
Lophius budegassaANKBlackbellied angler
Lophius piscatoriusMONAngler(=Monk)FAO Species Fact Sheets
Merlangius merlangusWHGWhitingFAO Species Fact Sheets
Merluccius merlucciusHKEEuropean hakeFAO Species Fact Sheets
Micromesistius poutassouWHBBlue whiting(=Poutassou)FAO Species Fact Sheets
Mullus barbatusMUTRed mulletFAO Species Fact Sheets
Mullus surmuletusMURSurmulletFAO Species Fact Sheets
Nephrops norvegicusNEPNorway lobsterFAO Species Fact Sheets
Pagellus bogaraveoSBRBlackspot(=red) seabream
Pagellus erythrinusPACCommon pandora
Palinurus elephasSLOCommon spiny lobster
Palinurus mauritanicusPSLPink spiny lobster
Parapenaeus longirostrisDPSDeepwater rose shrimpFAO Species Fact Sheets
Pomatomus saltatrixBLUBluefishFAO Species Fact Sheets
Prionace glaucaBSHBlue sharkFAO Species Fact Sheets
Psetta maximaTURTurbot
Sardina pilchardusPILEuropean pilchard(=Sardine)FAO Species Fact Sheets
Sardinella auritaSAARound sardinellaFAO Species Fact Sheets
Scomber scombrusMACAtlantic mackerelFAO Species Fact Sheets
Sepia officinalisCTCCommon cuttlefishFAO Species Fact Sheets
Solea soleaSOLCommon soleFAO Species Fact Sheets
Sprattus sprattusSPREuropean spratFAO Species Fact Sheets
Thunnus alalungaALBAlbacoreFAO Species Fact Sheets
Thunnus thynnusBFTAtlantic bluefin tunaFAO Species Fact Sheets
Trachurus mediterraneusHMMMediterranean horse mackerelFAO Species Fact Sheets
Trachurus trachurusHOMAtlantic horse mackerelFAO Species Fact Sheets
Xiphias gladiusSWOSwordfishFAO Species Fact Sheets


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