Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in Subarea 4 (North Sea)
StockCode
sol.27.4
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Replaced
Published
Stock Assessment Key
17901






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch*
Projected landings
Projected discards**
Ftotal# (ages 2–6)
Fprojected landings (ages 2–6)
Fprojected discards (ages 1–3)
SSB
% SSB change^
% TAC change^^
% advice change^^
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025 2025 2024 2024
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY × SSB (2024) /MSY Btrigger 3588 3164 424 0.122 0.089 0.022 33979 35 -61 -61
Other scenarios
FMSY 5861 5158 703 0.207 0.151 0.038 31484 25 -36 -36
FMSY lower 3630 3201 429 0.123 0.09 0.022 33933 35 -60 -60
FMSY lower × SSB (2024) /MSY Btrigger 2186 1930 256 0.072 0.053 0.0131 35518 41 -76 -76
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37914 51 -100 -100
Fpa 8365 7342 1022 0.311 0.23 0.057 28734 14.3 -8.6 -8.6
Flim 10722 9387 1335 0.42 0.31 0.076 26143 4 17.2 17.2
SSB (2025) = Bpa = MSY Btrigger##
SSB (2025) = Blim 6458 5680 778 0.23 0.169 0.042 30828 23 -29 -29
F = F2023 5143 4529 614 0.179 0.131 0.033 32273 28 -44 -44
Rollover advice 9152 8027 1125 0.35 0.25 0.063 27868 10.9 0 0




Symbol Footnotes
# Fprojected landings and Fprojected discards do not add up to Ftotal as they are calculated using different ages.
## Bpa and MSY Btrigger cannot be achieved in 2025, even with zero catches.
* Differences between the total catch and the sum of projected landings and discards result from rounding.
** Including BMS landings. Assuming average estimated discard rate by age 2020-2022.
^ SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024.
^^ Total catch in 2024 relative to the advice value 2023 and TAC (both 9152 tonnes).