Statistics Explained

Glossary:Nominal catch

Nominal catches means the officially declared aquatic organisms captured during fisheries and expressed as live weight equivalent. Nominal catches do not include unreported catches, such as unreported discards, and may differ considerably from the real catch.

Further information

  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2001 of 23 July 2001 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2018/93 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the North-West Atlantic
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1638/2001 of 24 July 2001 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2597/95 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 448/2005 of 15 March 2005 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic

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