Advice and Scenarios Database



Four-spot megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (southern Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Iberian waters East)
StockCode
ldb.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2019
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
12893






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Wanted catch
Unwanted catch
Ftotal
Flandings
Fdiscards
SSB
% SSB change*
% Advice change**
2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 1885 1638 246 0.193 0.11 0.083 8673 -2 15
F = MAP FMSY lower 1275 1112 163 0.125 0.071 0.054 9382 6 -22
F = MAP FMSY upper 2651 2295 356 0.29 0.165 0.125 7783 -12 62
Other scenarios
MSY approach = FMSY 1885 1638 246 0.193 0.11 0.083 8673 -2 15
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10870 23 -100
Fpa 3645 3150 495 0.41 0.23 0.177 6626 -25 123
Flim 5078 4389 689 0.57 0.32 0.25 4958 -44 210
SSB (2021) = Blim 6477 5597 879 0.73 0.41 0.31 3330 -62 300
SSB (2021) = Bpa 5386 4655 731 0.61 0.34 0.26 4600 -48 230
SSB (2021)= MSYBtrigger 5386 4655 731 0.61 0.34 0.26 4600 -48 230
F = F2019 1648 1435 213 0.166 0.094 0.071 8948 1 1
F multiplier for FMSY of L.whiffiagonis = F2019× 0.996 # 1642 1430 212 0.165 0.094 0.071 8955 1 1




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2021 relative to SSB 2020.
** Catch advice value for 2020 relative to catch advice value for 2019 (1633 tonnes).
# This catch scenario applies the same multiplicative factor to the current fishing mortality (F2018) for both megrim species (L.whiffiagonis and L.boscii). This year the L.whiffiagonis multiplier is used.
^ MAP multiannual plan (EU, 2019).