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common mackerel

common mackerel

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important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales

As guidance, the species-specific data on catch and production of fish and fishery products available in the brochure ‘Facts and figures on the CFP – basic data on the Common Fisheries Policy’, European Communities, 2004 can be used. Using these data following numbers of samples to be taken for different fish species and fishery products can be given as guidanceCatches for Member States ≥ 10 samples recommendedDenmark: 15 samples 4 herring, 4 blue mussel, 7 otherSpain: 33 samples 7 skipjack tuna, 4 pilchard, 5 yellowfin tuna, 2 horse mackerel, 2 short-fin squid, 13 otherFrance: 18 samples 3 skipjack tuna, 3 yellowfin tuna, 2 pilchard, 2 saithe, 2 herring, 6 otherNetherlands: 14 samples 4 sardinellas, 2 horse mackerel, 3 herring, 2 mackerel and 3 otherSweden: 10 samples 5 herring, 4 sprat and 1 codUnited Kingdom: 24 samples 6 mackerel, 4 herring, 3 haddock, 2 cod and 9 otherAquaculture products for Member States ≥ 5 samples recommendedDenmark: 5 samples 4 trout and 1 eelGermany: 5 samples 2 mussels, 2 trout and 1 carpGreece: 7 samples 3 seabream, 2 seabass, 1 mussels and 1 otherSpain: 16 samples 8 mussels, 3 trout, 1 seabream, 1 oyster, 1 tuna and 2 otherFrance: 16 samples 8 oysters, 4 mussels, 3 trout and 1 carpItaly: 14 samples 6 mussels, 3 clam, 3 trout, 1 seabass, 1 seabreamNetherlands: 7 samples 4 mussels, 1 eel, 1 oyster and 1 catfishUnited Kingdom: 12 samples 9 salmon, 2 trout and 1 mussel