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How are the categories in the Group Type filter of the fishery search defined?

The Group Type field is designed to simplify a search for a fishery by allowing the user to search by broad species classification. As there are many internationally accepted standards used for classifying species, we’ve made it possible to search by several of these: FAO-Globefish groups, FAO ‘International Standard Statistical Classification for Aquatic Animals and Plants’, as well as by our internal SFP standard. An additional Group Type, Fisheries used for Reduction purposes, identifies fisheries used to produce fishmeal and fish oil and not generally used for direct human consumption.