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Overview:One of the blue ling spawning aggregations fished in the North East Atlantic is located along the southern border of the Icelandic EEZ (ICES, 2004). In recent years, there has been sporadic activity of Spanish trawlers in this fishery, with reported catch of blue ling in ICES Area XIV.
27.12.a.1 - Subdivision 27.12.a.1 - NEAFC Regulatory Area
27.14.b.1 - Southeast Greenland - Parts of NEAFC Regulatory Area (Subdivision 27.14.b.1)
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The following area codes have been found as intersecting the location of Northeast Atlantic Trawl spawning aggregations of the blue ling fishery - Reykjanes Ridge
Bensch, A.; Gianni, M.; Gréboval, D.; Sanders, J.S.; Hjort, A. - Worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 522, Rev.1. Rome, FAO. 2009. 145p. http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1116e/i1116e00.htm