Fishing areas
The traceability of a fish product guarantees the consumer because it tells its story with documented information: the name of the vessel, the date of fishing, the species, the method used and the FAO area of origin, all this synonymous with quality and safety of the caught.
Let’s get to know the main fishing areas better:
In the map below the FAO Zones, expressed in numbers representing Oceans, seas or portions of them.
FISHING AREAS
AREA DEFINITION
- Northwestern Atlantic
- n.21
- Northeast Atlantic
- n.27
- Baltic Sea
- n.27.III.D
- Western Central Atlantic
- n.31
- Eastern Central Atlantic
- n.34
- Southwest Atlantic
- n.41
- Southeast Atlantic
- n.47
- Mediterranean Sea
- n.37.1, 37.2, 37.3
- Black Sea
- n.37.4
- Indian Ocean
- n.51, 57
- Pacific Ocean
- n.61, 67, 71, 77, 81, 87
- Atlantic
- n.48, 58, 88