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The Fish Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made

1st March 2010

Coming into operation

6th April 2010

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 15(1)(e) and (f), 16(2), 25(3) and 47(2) of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(2), as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972(3).

In accordance with Article 47(3A) of that Order, it has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency.

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(4), there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fish Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2010.

Interpretation

2.–(1) In these Regulations –

"Member State" means a Member State of the European Communities;

"Regulation 104/2000" means Council Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products(5); and

"Regulation 2065/2001" means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000 as regards informing consumers about fishery and aquaculture products(6).

(2) Any expressions used in these Regulations and in Regulation 104/2000 or Regulation 2065/2001 have the same meaning as they have in those Regulations.

(3) Any references to Regulation 104/2000 or Regulation 2065/2001 mean those Regulations as amended or corrected from time to time.

Offences relating to consumer information

3.–(1) Any person who, in contravention of Article 4(1) of Regulation 104/2000 (consumer information) as read with Regulation 2065/2001, offers for retail sale to the final consumer any of the products to which that Article applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with Article 8 of Regulation 2065/2001 (traceability and control) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Lists of commercial designations

4.–(1) The list of commercial designations which the United Kingdom is required to draw up and publish under Article 4(2) of Regulation 104/2000 is that set out in the table in the Schedule and accordingly, the commercial designations set out in that Schedule are names prescribed by law for the purposes of regulations 6(1), 7 and 8(a) of the Food Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(7).

(2) In relation to a species included both in the Schedule and in a list published in English under Article 4(2) of Regulation 104/2000 having effect in another Member State or another part of the United Kingdom, the commercial designation for that species in the list having effect in that other Member State or part of the United Kingdom shall be an alternative to the commercial designation for that species set out in the Schedule and shall be a name prescribed by law for the purposes set out in paragraph (1).

Omission of reference to the production method

5. In the case described in Article 4(2) of Regulation 2065/2001 (situation where it is obvious from commercial designation and catch area that the species is caught at sea) it shall not be a contravention of Article 4(1) of Regulation 104/2000 to offer for retail sale to the final consumer a product to which that Article applies without the product being marked or labelled with the production method.

Small quantities of products

6.–(1) For the purposes of Article 4(1) of Regulation 104/2000 as read with Article 7 of Regulation 2065/2001, the small quantity of products which may be sold directly to consumers shall be products to a value not exceeding 20 Euros for each purchase.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, the reference to 20 Euros shall be taken to be a reference to the sterling equivalent of that number of Euros, converted by reference to the rate of conversion published annually on the first working day of the preceding September in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities or, if no rate is published in it on that day, the first rate published in it thereafter.

Additional information relating to the catch area

7. The indication of catch area required by Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation 104/2000 may, where the circumstances described in Article 5(1)(c) of Regulation 2065/2001 apply, indicate the various Member States or third countries in which the product was farmed.

Provisional commercial designations

8.–(1) For the purposes of Article 2 of Regulation 2065/2001 (provisional commercial designations), the Food Standards Agency ("the Agency") shall be the competent authority.

(2) The Agency shall draw up and publish a list of provisional commercial designations laid down pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation 2065/2001.

Enforcement

9. Each district council shall enforce and execute these Regulations in its district.

Application of various provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

10. The following provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ("the Order") shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations with the modification that any reference in those provisions to the Order or Part of the Order shall be construed as a reference to these Regulations and to those provisions of Regulation 104/2000 and Regulation 2065/2001 to which these Regulations relate –

(a) Article 4 (presumption that food is intended for human consumption);

(b) Article 19 (offences due to fault of another person);

(c) Article 20 (defence of due diligence) as it applies for the purposes of Article 13 or 14;

(d) Article 30(8) (which relates to documentary evidence);

(e) Article 34(1) (obstruction etc of officers);

(f) Article 34(2) with the modification that the reference to "any such requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)" shall be deemed to be a reference to any such requirement as is mentioned in Article 34(1)(b) as applied by sub-paragraph (e);

(g) Article 36(1) (punishment of offences) insofar as it relates to offences under Article 34(1) as applied by sub-paragraph (e);

(h) Article 36(2) and (3) insofar as it relates to offences under Article 34(2) as applied by sub-paragraph (f).

Revocation

11. The following Regulations are revoked –

(a) The Fish Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(8); and

(b) The Fish Labelling (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(9).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 1st March 2010.

Legal seal

Andrew McCormick

A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE Commercial Designations

1. Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the commercial designation for any species of fish specified in column 2 of the following Table shall be a name specified for that species in the corresponding entry in column 1.

2. A customary name may be used for any species of fish which has been subjected to smoking or any similar process, unless the name of the species in column 2 of the Table is followed by an asterisk. In such cases the name used for the food when the fish is smoked shall be a name specified for that species in column 1 of the said Table preceded by the word "smoked".

3. Paragraph 1, as read with the Table, shall not apply to fish regulated by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products(10) (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1181/2003(11) and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1345/2008(12)) or Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1536/92 laying down common marketing standards for preserved tuna and bonito(13).

TABLE

Column 1

Commercial designation

Column 2

Species of fish

Sea Fish
African sole Solea senegalensis
Alaska plaice Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
Alaska pollack or Alaska pollock or Pacific pollack or Pacific pollock Theragra chalcogramma
Alaska pollock - see entry for Alaska Pollack or Alaska pollock or Pacific pollack or Pacific pollock
Albacore tuna - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Amberjack - see entry for Horse Mackerel or Jack or Scad or Trevally
American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides
Anchovy All species of the family Engraulidae
Angler(fish) or Monk(fish)

Lophiodes caulinaris

Lophius americanus

Lophius budegassa

Lophius piscatorius

Argentine All species of the family Argentinidae
Arrowtooth flounder Atheresthes stomias
Barracuda All species of Sphyraena
Barramundi Lates calcarifer
Basking shark - see entry for Shark
Bass or Sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax
Bib or Pout or Pouting or Pout whiting Trisopterus luscus
Bigeye All species of Priacanthus
Bigeye tuna - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Black bream or Black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus
Black halibut or Greenland halibut or Mock halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Black oreo - see entry for Oreo
Black sabre - see entry for Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish
Black scabbard fish - see entry for Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish
Black scorpionfish or Racasse Scorpaena porcus
Black seabream - see entry for Black bream or Black seabream
Blacktip shark - see entry for Shark
Blue cod Parapercis colias
Bluefin tuna - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Bluefish or Tailor Pomatomus saltatrix
Blue ling Molva dypterygia
Blue shark - see entry for Shark
Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou
Bogue Boops boops
Bombay duck Harpadon nehereus

Bonito

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Bullet tuna or Melva

All species of Auxis

All species of Euthynnus, with the exception of Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis

All species of Sarda

Auxis rochei

Brill Scophthalmus rhombus

Brisling

Note also entries for Sild, Sprat and Whitebait

Sprattus sprattus when canned
Bullet tuna - see entry for Bonito
Butterfish or Pomfret

All species of Brama

All species of Pampus

All species of Stromateus

Butter sole Isopsetta isolepis
Californian sole Parophrys vetulus
Cape angler(fish) or Cape monk(fish) Lophius vomerinus
Cape hake - see entry for Hake
Cape monk(fish) - see entry for Cape angler(fish) or Cape monk(fish)
Catfish or Rockfish or Wolffish All species of Anarhichas
Chilean hoki Macruronus magellanicus
Coalfish or Coley or Saithe Pollachius virens
Cobia Rachycentron canadum

Cod

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Codling

Greenland cod

Pacific cod

Gadus macrocephalus

Gadus morhua

Gadus ogac

Gadus morhua

Gadus ogac

Gadus macrocephalus

Codling - see entry for Cod
Coley - see entry for Coalfish or Coley or Saithe
Conger All species of Conger

Croaker or Drum or Jewfish

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Meagre

Mulloway or Southern meagre

All species of the family Sciaenidae

Argyrosomus regius

Argyrosomus hololepidotus

Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Black sabre or Black scabbard fish

Sabre or Sabre fish or Silver sabre

All species of family Trichiuridae

Aphanopus carbo

Lepidopus caudatus

Dab Limanda limanda
Doctor fish or Surgeon fish or Tang All species of the family Acanthuridae
Dogfish or Flake or Huss or Rigg or Rock eel or Rock salmon

All species of Galeorhinus

All species of Mustelus

All species of Scyliorhinus

Galeus melastomus

Squalus acanthias

Dory or John Dory or St Peter´s fish Zeus faber
Dover sole or Sole Solea solea
Drum - see entry for Croaker or Drum or Jewfish
Eel All species of Anguilla
Emperor All species of Lethrinus
Escolar or Snake mackerel All species of the family Gempylidae
Flake - see entry for Dogfish or Flake or Huss or Rigg or Rock eel or Rock salmon
Flathead All species of the family Platycephalidae
Flathead sole Hippoglossoides elassodon
Flounder Platichthys flesus
Flying fish All species of the family Exocoetidae
Garfish or Needlefish All seafish species of the family Belonidae
Goatfish or Red mullet All species of the family Mullidae
Greenland cod - see entry for Cod
Greenland halibut - see entry for Black halibut or Greenland halibut or Mock halibut
Greenling Ophiodon elongatus
Grey mullet All species of the family Mugilidae
Grouper

All species of Epinephelus

All species of Mycteroperca

Gurnard

All species of the family Triglidae

Peristedion cataphractum

Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Hake

The following commercial designation may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against it in Column 2:

Cape hake

All species of Merluccius

Merluccius capensis

Merluccius paradoxus

Halfbeak All species of the family Hemiramphidae
Halibut

Hippoglossus hippoglossus

Hippoglossus stenolepis

Herring

Note also entries for Sild and Whitebait

Clupea harengus
Hilsa Tenualosa ilisha
Hoki Macruronus novaezelandiae

Horse mackerel or Jack or Scad or Trevally

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Amberjack or Yellowtail

All species of Caranx

All species of Decapterus

All species of Hemicaranx

All species of Seriola

All species of Trachurus

Seriola lalandi

Huss - see entry for Dogfish or Flake or Huss or Rigg or Rock eel or Rock salmon
Icefish or Toothfish

Dissostichus eleginoides

Dissostichus mawsoni

Indian halibut Psettodes erumei
Indian mackerel All species of Rastrelliger
Jack - see entry for Horse mackerel or Jack or Scad or Trevally
Japanese sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus
Jewfish - see entry for Croaker or Drum or Jewfish
Jobfish - see entry for Snapper
John Dory - see entry for Dory or John Dory or St Peter´s fish

Kingfish or Spanish mackerel

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in column 2:

King mackerel

Pacific sierra or Sierra mackerel

All species of Scomberomorus

Scomberomorus cavalla

Scomberomorus sierra

Kingklip Genypterus capensis
King mackerel - see entry for Kingfish or Spanish mackerel
Ladyfish All species of the family Elopidae
Leatherjacket or Unicorn fish Aluterus monoceros
Leerfish Lichia amia
Lemon sole Microstomus kitt
Ling All species of Molva except Molva dypterygia
Longfin codling Laemonema longipes
Long-finned sole or Rex sole Glyptocephalus zachirus
Lumpfish or Lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus
Lumpsucker - see entry for Lumpfish or Lumpsucker
Lythe or Pollack or Pollock Pollachius pollachius
Mackerel All species of Scomber
Mahi Mahi Coryphaena hippurus
Marlin All species of Makaira
Meagre - see entry for Croaker or Drum or Jewfish
Megrim All species of Lepidorhombus
Melva - see entry for Bonito
Milkfish Chanos chanos
Mock halibut - see entry for Black halibut or Greenland halibut or Mock halibut
Monk(fish) - see entry for Angler (fish) or Monk(fish)
Moonfish or Opah All species of Lampris
Mulloway - see entry for Croaker or Drum or Jewfish
Needlefish - see entry for Garfish or Needlefish
Northern rock sole Lepidopsetta polyxystra
Ocean perch or Redfish or Rose fish

All species of Helicolenus

All species of Sebastes

Opah - see entry for Moonfish or Opah
Orange roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus

Oreo

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Black oreo

Smooth oreo

Allocyttus niger

Pseudocyttus maculatus

Allocyttus niger

Pseudocyttus maculatus

Oriental bluefin tuna - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Pacific angler(fish) or Pacific monk(fish) Lophius litulon
Pacific bluefin tuna - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Pacific cod - see entry for Cod
Pacific monk(fish) - see entry for Pacific angler(fish) or Pacific monk(fish)
Pacific pilchard Sardinops sagax that has been caught in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific pollack - see entry for Alaska pollack or Alaska pollock or Pacific pollack or Pacific pollock
Pacific pollock - see entry for Alaska pollack or Alaska pollock or Pacific pollack or Pacific pollock
Pacific sand dab Citharichthys sordidus
Pacific sierra - see entry for Kingfish or Spanish mackerel
Pacific sole Microstomus pacificus
Parrotfish All species of the family Scaridae
Patagonian icefish Patagonotothen ramsayi
Peruvian moonfish Selene peruviana
Petrale sole Eopsetta jordani
Picarel Spicara smaris

Pilchard

Note also entry for Sardine

Sardina pilchardus
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa
Pollack - see entry for Lythe or Pollack or Pollock
Pollock - see entry for Lythe or Pollack or Pollock
Pomfret - see entry for Butterfish or Pomfret
Ponyfish or Thirali All species of the family Leiognathidae
Poor cod Trisopterus minutus
Porbeagle - see entry for Shark
Porgy or Sea bream All species of the family Sparidae except Boops boops

Pout - see entry for Bib or Pout or Pouting or Pout whiting

Pouting - see entry for Bib or Pout or Pouting or Pout whiting
Pout whiting - see entry for Bib or Pout or Pouting or Pout whiting
Rabbitfish All species of the family Siganidae
Racasse - see entry for Black scorpionfish or Racasse
Rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata

Ray or Skate

The following commercial designation may also be used in relation to fish listed against it in Column 2:

Roker

All species of the family Rajidae

Raja clavata

Red cod Pseudophycis bachus
Redfish - see entry for Ocean perch or Redfish or Rose fish
Red mullet - see entry for Goatfish or Red mullet
Rex sole - see entry for Long-finned sole or Rex sole
Ribbonfish - see entry for Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish
Rigg -see entry for Dogfish or Flake or Huss or Rigg or Rock eel or Rock salmon
Rock eel -see entry for Dogfish or Flake or Huss or Rigg or Rock eel or Rock salmon
Rockfish - see entry for Catfish or Rockfish or Wolffish
Rock salmon - see entry for Dogfish or Flake or Huss or Rigg or Rock eel or Rock salmon
Rock sole Lepidopsetta bilineata
Roker - see entry for Ray or Skate
Rose fish - see entry for Ocean perch or Redfish or Rose fish
Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria
Sabre - see entry for Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish
Sabre fish - see entry for Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish
Saffron cod Eleginus gracilis
Sailfish All species of Istiophorus
St Peter´s fish - see entry for Dory or John Dory or St Peter´s fish
Saithe - see entry for Coalfish or Coley or Saithe
Sandbar shark - see entry for Shark
Sand smelt or Silverside All species of the family Atherinidae

Sardine

Note also entry for Pilchard

Small Sardina pilchardus
Sardinella All species of Sardinella
Scabbard fish - see entry for Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish
Scad - see entry for Horse mackerel or Jack or Scad or Trevally
Sea bass - see entry for Bass or Sea bass
Sea bream - see entry for Porgy or Sea bream
Sea catfish All species of the family Ariidae

Shark

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Carcharhinus falciformis

Carcharhinus limbatus

Carcharhinus plumbeus

Cetorhinus maximus

Isurus oxyrinchus

Lamna nasus

Prionace glauca

Rhincodon typus

Basking shark

Blacktip shark

Blue shark

Porbeagle

Sandbar shark

Shortfin mako or Shortfin mako shark

Silky shark

Whale shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Carcharhinus limbatus

Prionace glauca

Lamna nasus

Carcharhinus plumbeus

Isurus oxyrinchus

Carcharhinus falciformis

Rhincodon typus

Shortfin mako - see entry for Shark
Shortfin mako shark - see entry for Shark
Sierra mackerel - see entry for Kingfish or Spanish mackerel

Sild

Note also entries for Brisling, Herring, Sprat and Whitebait

Small Clupea harengus, when canned

Small Sprattus sprattus, when canned

Silky shark - see entry for Shark
Sillago All species of the family Sillaginidae
Silver sabre - see entry for Cutlassfish or Ribbonfish or Scabbard fish
Silverside - see entry for Sand smelt or Silverside
Skate - see entry for Ray or Skate

Skipjack tuna or Tuna

Note also entry for Tuna or Tunny

Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis
Small sandeel Ammodytes tobianus
Smelt or Sparling All species of Osmerus
Smooth oreo - see entry for Oreo or Smooth oreo
Snake mackerel - see entry for Escolar or Snake mackerel

Snapper

The following commercial designation may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against it in Column 2:

Jobfish

All species of the family Lutjanidae

All species of Aphareus

All species of Aprion

All species of Pristipomoides

Snook All species of Centropomus
Soldier fish or Squirrel fish All species of the family Holocentridae
Sole - see entry for Dover sole or Sole
South Atlantic pilchard Sardinops sagax that has been caught in the South Atlantic Ocean
Southern blue whiting Micromesistius australis
Southern bluefin tuna - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Southern meagre - see entry for Croaker or Drum or Jewfish
Southern rock bass Paralabrax callaensis
Spadefish All species of the family Ephippidae
Spanish mackerel - see entry for Kingfish or Spanish mackerel
Sparling - see entry for Smelt or Sparling
Speckled flounder Paralichthys woolmani
Spottail spiny turbot or Spottail turbot Psettodes belcheri
Spottail turbot - see entry for Spottail spiny turbot or Spottail turbot
Spotted sea bass Dicentrarchus punctatus

Sprat

Note also entries for Brisling, Sild and Whitebait

Sprattus sprattus, except when canned
Squirrel fish - see entry for Soldier fish or Squirrel fish
Stargazer All species of the family Uranoscopidae
Striped bass Morone saxatilis
Surgeon fish - see entry for Doctor fish or Surgeon fish or Tang
Swordfish Xiphias gladius
Tailor - see entry for Bluefish or Tailor
Tang - see entry for Doctor fish or Surgeon fish or Tang
Tarpon All species of the family Megalopidae
Thirali - see entry for Ponyfish or Thirali
Threadfin Polynemus tetradactylum
Threadfin bream All species of Nemipterus
Toothfish - see entry for Icefish or Toothfish
Torbay sole or Witch Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Torpedo sand perch Diplectrum maximum
Trevally - see entry for Horse mackerel or Jack or Scad or Trevally

Tuna or Tunny

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Albacore tuna

Bigeye tuna

Bluefin tuna

All species of Thunnus

Thunnus alalunga

Thunnus obesus

Thunnus thynnus

Oriental bluefin tuna or Pacific bluefin tuna

Southern bluefin tuna

Yellowfin tuna

Note also entry for Skipjack tuna or Tuna

Thunnus orientalis

Thunnus maccoyii

Thunnus albacares

Tunny - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Turbot Psetta maxima
Unicorn fish - see entry for Leatherjacket or Unicorn fish
Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri
Weever All species of the family Trachinidae
Whale shark - see entry for Shark

Whitebait

Note also entries for Brisling, Herring, Sild and Sprat

Small Clupea harengus

Small Sprattus sprattus (except when canned)

White hake Urophycis tenuis
Whiting Merlangius merlangus
Winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Witch - see entry for Torbay sole or Witch
Wolffish - see entry for Catfish or Rockfish or Wolffish
Wolf herring Chirocentrus dorab
Wrasse All species of the family Labridae
Yellowfin sole Limanda aspera
Yellowfin tuna - see entry for Tuna or Tunny
Yellowstripe scad Sellaroides leptolepis
Yellowtail - see entry for Horse mackerel or Jack or Scad or Trevally
Yellowtail dab or Yellowtail flounder Limanda ferruginea
Yellowtail flounder - see entry for Yellowtail dab or Yellowtail flounder
Salmon and Freshwater Fish
American catfish - see entry for Catfish
Arctic cisco or Pollan Coregonus autumnalis
Atlantic salmon or Salmon Salmo salar*
Ayre - see entry for Catfish
Bacha Eutropiichthys vacha
Banspata - see entry for Carp
Barbel - see entry for Carp

Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´

The following commercial designation may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against it in Column 2:

Royal basa

All species of the family Pangasiidae

Pangasianodon bocourti

Basa catfish - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´
Bata - see entry for Carp
Batashi Pseudeutropius atherinoides
Boal - see entry for Catfish
Brown trout - see entry for Trout
Buzuri - see entry for Catfish
Cachama or Tambaqui Colossoma macroponum

Carp

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Banspata

Barbel

Bata

Chelapata

Freshwater bream

Ghania

Kalibous

Mowrala

Punti

Roach

Rohu or Ruhi

Tench

All species of the family Cyprinidae

Danio devario

Barbus barbus

Labeo bata

Salmostoma bacaila

Abramis brama

Labeo gonius

Labeo calbasu

Amblypharyngodon mola

Puntius sarana

Rutilus rutilus

Labeo rohita

Tinca tinca

Catfish

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

American catfish or Channel catfish

Ayre

Boal

Buzuri

Gulsha

Magur

Pabda

Tengra

All species of the family Bagridae

All species of the family Clariidae

All species of the family Ictaluridae

All species of the family Pimelodidae

All species of the family Siluridae

All species of the family Ictaluridae

Sperata aor

Wallago attu

Mystus tengara

Mystus bleekeri

Clarias batrachus

Ompok pabda

Mystus vittatus

Channel catfish - see entry for Catfish
Chapila Gudusia chapra
Char All species of Salvelinus
Chelapata - see entry for Carp
Cherry salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Chinook salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Chum salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Coho salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Cut-throat trout - see entry for Trout
Dry star baim or Largebaim or Patabaim All species of the family Mastacembelidae
Freshwater bream - see entry for Carp
Ghania - see entry for Carp
Gulsha - see entry for Catfish
Kakila Xenentodon cancila
Kalibous - see entry for Carp
Keski Corica soborna
Keta salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Khalisha Colisa fasciatus
King salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Koi Anabas testudineus
Largebaim - see entry for Dry star baim or Largebaim or Patabaim
Magur - see entry for Catfish
Medium red salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Meni Nandus nandus
Mowrala - see entry for Carp
Nile perch Lates niloticus
Northern pike or Pike Esox lucius
Pabda - see entry for Catfish

Pacific salmon

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Cherry salmon

Chinook salmon or King salmon or Spring salmon

Chum salmon or Keta salmon

Coho salmon or Medium red salmon or Silver Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha*

Oncorhynchus keta*

Oncorhynchus kisutch*

Oncorhynchus masou masou*

Oncorhynchus nerka*

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha*

Oncorhynchus masou masou*

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha*

Oncorhynchus keta*

Oncorhynchus kisutch*

Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha*
Red salmon or Sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka*
Pacu Piaractus mesopotamicus
Panga(s) - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´
Panga(s) catfish - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´
Pangasius - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´
Pangasius catfish - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these with the additional word -�catfish´
Patabaim - see entry for Dry star baim or Largebaim or Patabaim
Pike - see entry for Northern pike or Pike
Pike-Perch or Zander Stizostedion lucioperca
Pink salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Pollan - see entry for Arctic cisco or Pollan
Punti - see entry for Carp
Queen fish Botia dario
Rainbow trout - see entry for Trout
Red salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
River cobbler - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´
River cobbler catfish - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´
Roach - see entry for Carp
Rohu - see entry for Carp
Royal basa - see entry for Basa or Panga(s) or Pangasius or River cobbler or any of these together with the additional word -�catfish´
Ruhi - see entry for Carp
Salmon - see entry for Atlantic salmon or Salmon

Salmon trout or Sea trout

Note also entry for Trout.

Salmo trutta trutta which has spent part of its life in sea water
Sea trout - see entry for Salmon trout or Sea Trout
Shol Channa striata
Silver salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Snakehead All species of the family Channidae
Sockeye salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Spring salmon - see entry for Pacific salmon
Steelhead trout - see entry for Trout
Taki Channa punctata
Tambaqui - see entry for Cachama or Tambaqui
Tench - see entry for Carp
Tengra - see entry for Catfish
Tilapia

All species of Oreochromis

All species of Tilapia

Trout

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Brown trout

Cut-throat trout

Rainbow trout or Steelhead trout

Note also entry for Salmon trout or Sea Trout

Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Salmo trutta which has spent all of its life in fresh water

Salmo trutta trutta which has spent all of its life in fresh water

Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Vendace Coregonus albula
Zander - see entry for Pike - Perch or Zander
Shellfish
Abalone or Ormer All species of Haliotis
Amande clam or Dog cockle Glycymeris glycymeris
Ark clam or Arkshell All species of the family Arcidae
Arkshell - see entry for Ark clam or Arkshell
Arrow squid

Nototodarus gouldi

Nototodarus sloani

Atlantic scallop - see entry for Common Scallop or Scallop

Brown shrimp or Shrimp

Note also entries for Pink shrimp or Shrimp, Prawn or Shrimp and Shrimp

All species of Crangon
Clam or Hard shell clam

Mercenaria mercenaria

Venus verrucosa

Clam or Razor clam or Razor shell All species of Ensis and Solen
Cockle All species of Cerastoderma

Common scallop or Scallop

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Atlantic scallop

King scallop

Queen or Queen scallop

All species of the family Pectinidae

Placopecten magellanicus

Pecten maximus

Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis

Crab

All species of the order Brachyura

All species of the family Lithodidae

Crawfish or Rock lobster or Spiny lobster

All species of Jasus

All species of Palinurus

All species of Panulirus

Crayfish

All species of the family Astacidae

All species of the family Austroastacidae

All species of the family Cambaridae

All species of the family Parastacidae

Cuttlefish

All species of Sepia

Rossia macrosoma

Dog cockle - see entry for Amande clam or Dog cockle
Dublin bay prawn or Langoustine or Norway lobster or Scampi Nephrops norvegicus
Gaper or Soft shell clam All species of Mya
Geoduck or Geoduck clam Panopea abrupta
Geoduck clam - see entry for Geoduck or Geoduck clam
Grooved carpet shell or Native clam or Palourde

Ruditapes decussatus

Tapes decussatus

Venerupis decussa

Hard shell clam - see entry for Clam or Hard shell clam
Indian Ocean lobster or Whip lobster

Puerulus angulatus

Puerulus carinatus

Puerulus sewelli

Japanese carpet shell or Manila clam

Ruditapes philippinarum

Tapes philippinarum

King prawn

All species of the family Aristaeidae

All species of the family Palaemonidae

All species of the family Penaeidae

Where the count is less than 123 per kg (head on/shell on) or less than 198 per kg (head off/shell on) or less than 242 per kg (head off/shell off)

King scallop - see entry for Common scallop or Scallop
Langoustine - see entry for Dublin Bay prawn or Langoustine or Norway lobster or Scampi
Lobster All species of Homarus
Manila clam - see entry for Japanese carpet shell or Manila clam
Mantis shrimp Squilla mantis
Mussel All species of the family Mytilidae
Native clam - see entry for Grooved carpet shell or Native clam or Palourde
Native oyster - see entry for Oyster
Norway lobster - see entry for Dublin Bay prawn or Langoustine or Norway lobster or Scampi
Octopus All species of Octopus
Ormer - see entry for Abalone or Ormer
Otter shell clam Lutraria lutraria

Oyster

The following commercial designations may also be used in relation to fish of the species listed against them in Column 2:

Native oyster

Pacific oyster or Rock oyster

Portuguese oyster

All species of Crassostrea

All species of Ostrea

Ostrea edulis

Crassostrea gigas

Crassostrea angulata

Pacific oyster - see entry for Oyster
Pacific scampi

Metanephrops andamanicus

Metanephrops challengeri

Metanephrops thomsoni

Palourde - see entry for Grooved carpet shell or Native clam or Palourde

Pink shrimp or Shrimp

Note also entries for Brown shrimp or Shrimp, Prawn or Shrimp and Shrimp

Pandalus montagui
Portuguese oyster - see entry for Oyster

Prawn or Shrimp

Note also entries for Brown shrimp or Shrimp, Pink shrimp or Shrimp and Shrimp

Whole fish (of a size which, when cooked, have a count of less than 397 per kg) or tails (of a size which, when peeled and cooked, have a count of less than 1,323 per kg) of –

all species of the family Aristaeidae

all species of the family Palaemonidae

all species of the family Pandalidae

all species of the family Penaeidae

Queen - see entry for Common scallop or Scallop
Queen scallop - see entry for Common scallop or Scallop
Razor clam - see entry for Clam or Razor clam or Razor shell
Razor shell - see entry for Clam or Razor clam or Razor shell
Rock lobster - see entry for Crawfish or Rock lobster or Spiny lobster
Rock oyster - see entry for Oyster
Scallop - see entry for Common scallop or Scallop
Scampi - see entry for Dublin Bay prawn or Langoustine or Norway lobster or Scampi
Sea urchin All species of the family Echinidae

Shrimp

Note also entries for Brown Shrimp or Shrimp, Pink Shrimp or Shrimp and Prawn or Shrimp

Whole fish (of a size which, when cooked, have a count of 397 per kg or more) or tails (of a size

which, when peeled and cooked, have a count of 1,323 per kg or more) of –

all species of the family Aristaeidae

all species of the family Palaemonidae

all species of the family Pandalidae

all species of the family Penaeidae

Slipper lobster All species of the family Scyllaridae
Soft shell clam - see entry for Gaper or Soft shell clam
Spiny lobster - see entry for Crawfish or Rock lobster or Spiny lobster
Squat lobster All species of the family Galatheidae
Squid

All species of Illex

All species of Loligo

Ommastrephes sagittatus

Surf clam All species of Spisula
Tiger prawn

Parapenaeopsis hardwickii

Parapenaeopsis sculptilis

Penaeus esculentus

Penaeus japonicus

Penaeus kerathurus

Penaeus monodon

Penaeus semisulcatus

Whelk All species of Buccinum
Whip lobster - see entry for Indian Ocean lobster or Whip lobster
Winkle All species of Littorina

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement of Title I, Chapter 2 (consumer information) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (OJ No. L17, 21.2.2000, p.22) as applied by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No.104/2000 as regards informing consumers about fishery and aquaculture products (OJ No. L278, 23.10.2001, p.6).

Title I of Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000 imposes requirements regarding the provision of information about the commercial designation, production method and catch area of certain fishery and aquaculture products offered for retail sale to the final consumer. It further provides for Member States to draw up and publish a list of commercial designations for at least the species listed in Annexes I to IV of the Regulation. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2001 describes in more detail the information to be provided to consumers and the exemptions that may be allowed. It also provides for the necessary information to be provided at each stage of the marketing process.

These Regulations:

(a) provide an updated list of the commercial designations required to be drawn up by the United Kingdom (regulation 4 and the Schedule) and further provide for the granting of provisional commercial designations (regulation 8);

(b) provide for the derogation at Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2001 (circumstances in which fishery products may be sold to the final consumer without being marked or labelled with the production method) (regulation 5);

(c) in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2001, determine what constitutes "small quantities of products sold directly to consumers" for the purposes of applying the derogation at Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 104/2001 (regulation 6); and

(d) provide that the indication of catch area required by Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No. 104/2001 may, in accordance with Article 5(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No. 2065/2001, indicate the various member States or third countries in which the product was farmed (regulation 7);

(e) create offences and prescribe penalties (regulation 3), specify enforcement authorities (regulation 9) and apply with modifications specified provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 10); and

(f) revoke the Fish Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 160) and the Fish Labelling (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 116) (regulation 11).

(1)

Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6) Back [1]

(2)

S.I. 1991/762 (N.I.7) as amended by S.I. 1996/1663 (N.I.12), paragraphs 26 to 42 of Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999 c.28 and S.R. 2004 Nos. 482 and 505 Back [2]

(3)

1972 c.68, Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51) Back [3]

(4)

OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1. That Regulation was last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14) Back [4]

(5)

OJ No. L17, 21.1.2000, p.22. That Regulation was amended by the EU Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic etc. (OJ No. L236, 23.9.2003, p.33) Back [5]

(6)

OJ No. L278, 23.10.2001, p.6. That Regulation was corrected by a Corrigendum (OJ No. L10, 12.1.2002, p.82 (2001/2065) and it was amended by the EU Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic etc. (OJ No. L236, 23.9.2003, p.33) and by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1792/2006 (OJ No. L362, 20.12.2006, p.1) Back [6]

(7)

S.R. 1996 No. 383; regulation 6(4) (which defines "prescribed by law" for the purposes of regulations 6(1), 7 and 8(a)) was inserted by S.R. 1998 No. 253 Back [7]

(8)

S.R. 2003 No. 160 Back [8]

(9)

S.R. 2006 No. 116 Back [9]

(10)

OJ No. L212, 22.7.1989, p.79 Back [10]

(11)

OJ No. L165, 3.7.2003, p.17 Back [11]

(12)

OJ No. L348, 24.12.2008, p.76 Back [12]

(13)

OJ No. L.163, 17.6.1992, p.1 Back [13]



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