Advice and Scenarios Database



Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode
pil.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2021
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
16927
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.7816






Catch scenarios


Basis
Catch
F
Biomass 1+
% Biomass 1+ change*
% Quota change**
% Advice change***
2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 41777 0.092 345882 -6 3 3
Other scenarios
F = FMSY = Fpa 41777 0.092 345882 -6 3 3
F2022 = F2021 48382 0.107 341303 -8 19 20
HCR30 ^ 30000 0.065 354063 -4 -26 -26
HCR35 ^ 35000 0.076 350588 -5 -14 -13
HCR40 ^ 40000 0.088 347115 -6 -1 -1
HCR45 ^ 44262 0.098 344159 -7 9 9
HCR50 ^ 44262 0.098 344159 -7 9 9
Flim 108784 0.26 299758 -19 168 169
B1+ (2023)=Blim (196 334) 264509 0.81 196334 -47 552 554
B1+ (2023)=Bpa=MSYBtrigger(252 523) 178738 0.47 252523 -32 341 342




Symbol Footnotes
* Biomass 1+ in 2023 relative to biomass 1+ in 2022 (369 328 tonnes).
** Advised catches in 2022 compared to the sum of national quotas for Portugal and Spain for 2021 (40 545 tonnes).
*** Advised catches in 2022 compared to advised catches for 2021 (40 434 tonnes)
^ Precautionary harvest control rule (HCR [ICES, 2021a]). The fishing mortality according to the HCR for the estimated B1+ at the beginning of 2022 would be 0.098 but with the value capped by the maximum allowed catches (e.g. the cap for HCR40 is 40 000 tonnes).