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| Marine Resource Fact Sheet |
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| Blue Ling - Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, Northern North Sea, Bay of Biscay and Portuguese Waters, North of Azores |
 | Blue ling (Molva dypterygia) in Subareas 1, 2, 8, 9, and 12, and Divisions 3.a and 4.a (other areas) |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) , is part of ICES Advice data collection. |
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| Related observations | Locate in inventory | | | | Species: | | FAO Names: en - Blue ling, fr - Lingue bleue, es - Maruca azul, ru - Мольва голубая (=биркеланга) |
Fishery IndicatorsProduction: Landed Volume |
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| Geographic extent of Blue Ling - Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, Northern North Sea, Bay of Biscay and Portuguese Waters, North of Azores
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| FAO Fishing Statistical Division Areas |
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| 27.3.a | Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division 27.3.a) |
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| 27.4.a | Northern North Sea (Division 27.4.a) |
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| FAO Fishing Statistical Sub Areas |
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| 27.1 | Barents Sea (Subarea 27.1) |
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| 27.2 | Norwegian Sea, Spitzbergen, and Bear Island (Subarea 27.2) |
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| 27.8 | Bay of Biscay (Subarea 27.8) |
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| 27.9 | Portuguese Waters (Subarea 27.9) |
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| 27.12 | North of Azores (Subarea 27.12) |
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| Main Descriptors | Considered a single stock: Yes
Spatial Scale: Sub-Regional
Management unit: Yes
Reference year: 2016
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| Considered a single stock: A group of individuals in a species occupying a well defined spatial range independent of other stocks of the same species. It can be affected by random dispersal movements and directed migrations due to seasonal or reproductive activity. |
| Spatial Scale: Spatial scale contains a standard term such as Global, Regional (e.g. for the whole Atlantic), sub-regional (e.g. for a part of the Atlantic), national, local (for sub-national levels). |
| Considered a management unit: An aquatic resource or fishery is
declared as [Fishery] Management Unit if it is
effectively the focus for the application of selected
management methods and measures, within the broader
framework of a management system. According to the FAO
Glossary for Responsible Fishing, "a Fishery Management
Unit (FMU) is a fishery or a portion of a fishery
identified in a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) relevant
to the FMP's management objectives." FMU's may be
organised around fisheries biological, geographic,
economic, technical, social or ecological dimensions ,
and the makeup and attribute of a fishery management
unit depends mainly on the FMP's management
objectives. |
| Jurisdictional distribution: Jurisdictional qualifier (e.g.
"shared", "shared - highly migratory") of the aquatic
resource related with its spatial distribution. |
| Environmental group: Classification of the aquatic
resource according to the environmental group (e.g.
pelagic invertebrate, or demersal fish) to which the
species belong. |
| Reference Year: The Reference Year is the last year considered in the stock assessment and/or fishery status. |
| | | | | | Biological State and Trend 
Habitat and Biology Depth zone: Slope (200 m - 1000 m). Vertical distribution: Demersal/Benthic. Water Area Overview Spatial Scale: Sub-Regional Geo References  | | Geographic extent of Blue Ling - Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, Northern North Sea, Bay of Biscay and Portuguese Waters, North of Azores
| FAO Fishing Statistical Division Areas | 27.3.a: Skagerrak and Kattegat (Division 27.3.a) | | 27.4.a: Northern North Sea (Division 27.4.a) | | FAO Fishing Statistical Sub Areas | 27.1: Barents Sea (Subarea 27.1) | | 27.12: North of Azores (Subarea 27.12) | | 27.2: Norwegian Sea, Spitzbergen, and Bear Island (Subarea 27.2) | | 27.8: Bay of Biscay (Subarea 27.8) | | 27.9: Portuguese Waters (Subarea 27.9) |
| | | | | | Intersecting Major FAO areas and LME areas |
The following area codes have been found as intersecting the distribution of Blue Ling - Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, Northern North Sea, Bay of Biscay and Portuguese Waters, North of Azores | FAO Major Fishing Areas | 27:
Atlantic, Northeast | | Large Marine Ecosystem Areas (LME) | 19: East Greenland Shelf | | 20: Barents Sea | | 21: Norwegian Shelf | | 22: North Sea | | 24: Celtic-Biscay Shelf | | 25: Iberian Coastal | | 58: Kara Sea | | 59: East Greenland Shelf/Sea | | 60: Faroe Plateau | | 64: Arctic Ocean |
Resource Structure Considered a single stock: Yes Exploitation 
Fishery Indicators | Type | Measure | Value | Unit | Time period |
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| Production | Landed Volume | 4185 | tonnes | 1988 | | Landed Volume | 2610 | tonnes | 1989 | | Landed Volume | 1939 | tonnes | 1990 | | Landed Volume | 3274 | tonnes | 1991 | | Landed Volume | 2602 | tonnes | 1992 | | Landed Volume | 4793 | tonnes | 1993 | | Landed Volume | 1616 | tonnes | 1994 | | Landed Volume | 1440 | tonnes | 1995 | | Landed Volume | 1257 | tonnes | 1996 | | Landed Volume | 1000 | tonnes | 1997 | | Landed Volume | 1009 | tonnes | 1998 | | Landed Volume | 1915 | tonnes | 1999 | | Landed Volume | 988 | tonnes | 2000 | | Landed Volume | 1162 | tonnes | 2001 | | Landed Volume | 1806 | tonnes | 2002 | | Landed Volume | 1462 | tonnes | 2003 | | Landed Volume | 1171 | tonnes | 2004 | | Landed Volume | 966 | tonnes | 2005 | | Landed Volume | 839 | tonnes | 2006 | | Landed Volume | 679 | tonnes | 2007 | | Landed Volume | 969 | tonnes | 2008 | | Landed Volume | 687 | tonnes | 2009 | | Landed Volume | 628 | tonnes | 2010 | | Landed Volume | 668 | tonnes | 2011 | | Landed Volume | 1136 | tonnes | 2012 | | Landed Volume | 500 | tonnes | 2013 | | Landed Volume | 261 | tonnes | 2014 | | Landed Volume | 208 | tonnes | 2015 | | Landed Volume | 205 | tonnes | 2016 |
Management Management unit: Yes Source of information ICES Advice accessed through ICES Stock Assessment Database in 2019. ICES, Copenhagen.  http://standardgraphs.ices.dk/ViewCharts.aspx?key=8828 |
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