Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in divisions 8.a-b (northern and central Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
sol.27.8ab
Assessment Year
2020
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
13723
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.5850






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch*
Projected landings**
Projected discards**
Fprojected landings**
SSB
% SSB change^
% TAC change^^
% advice change^^^
2021 2021 2021 2021 2022 2022 2022 2022
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP #: FMSY 3483 3399 84 0.33 12759 5.5 -5 -7.6
F = MAP FMSY lower 2036 1987 49 0.18 14358 18.7 -44 -7.8
F = MAP FMSY upper 4814 4698 116 0.49 11294 -6.6 31 -7.4
Other scenarios
MSY approach = FMSY 3483 3399 84 0.33 12759 5.5 -5 -7.6
F = 0 0 0 0 0 16618 37 -100 -100
FPA 4339 4140 108 0.43 11817 -2.3 18.4 15.2
Flim 5620 5361 139 0.6 10411 -13.9 53 49
SSB2022 = Blim 7087 6917 171 0.835 8811 -27 -93 88
SSB2022 = Bpa = MSYBtrigger 4343 4239 105 0.431 11811 -2.4 18.5 15.3
F = F2020 3748 3658 90 0.36 12467 3.1 2.2 -0.53
Projected landings ** = TAC2020 3756 3666 90 0.36 12458 3 2.5 -0.32
Total catch equal to TAC2020 3666 3578 88 0.35 12557 3.8 0 -2.7




Symbol Footnotes
* Total catch is calculated based on projected landings and the assumed projected discard ratio (2.5%).
** “Projected landings” and “projected discards” are used to describe fish that would be landed and discarded based on the average discard rate estimate of 2015–2019 (2.5%).
# The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).
^ SSB2022 relative to SSB2021.
^^ Total catch in 2021 relative to TAC in 2020 (3666 tonnes).
^^^ Advice values for 2021 relative to the corresponding 2020 values (MAP advice of 3768, 2209, and 5196 tonnes, respectively; other values are relative to FMSY).