Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in Division 7.d (eastern English Channel)
StockCode
sol.27.7d
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18120






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings^
Projected discards^^
Ftotal (ages 3–7)
Fprojected landings (ages 3–7)
Fprojected discards (ages 3-7)
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 1504 1294 210 0.174 0.141 0.033 12387 4.5 -13.9 -13.9
Other scenarios
FMSYlower× SSB(2024)/ MSYBtrigger 1048 902 146 0.118 0.096 0.022 12922 9.1 -40 -40
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14131 19.3 -100 -100
Fpa 2588 2228 360 0.32 0.26 0.059 11138 -6 48 48
Flim 2820 2427 393 0.35 0.29 0.066 10872 -8.2 61 61
SSB (2025) = Blim 2552 2196 356 0.31 0.26 0.058 11181 -5.6 46 46
SSB (2025) = Bpa = MSYBtrigger#
F = F2023 1739 1499 240 0.2 0.166 0.038 12114 2.2 -0.46 -0.46
FMSY lower 1361 1171 190 0.156 0.127 0.029 12551 5.9 -22 -22
FMSY 1938 1670 268 0.23 0.187 0.043 11874 0.21 10.9 10.9




Symbol Footnotes
# Bpa and MSYBtrigger cannot be achieved in 2025, even with zero catches.
* SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024 (11842 tonnes).
** Total catch in 2024 relative to the advice value 2023 and TAC (both 1747tonnes).
^ Marketable landings.
^^ Including BMS landings, assuming recent discard rate.