Advice and Scenarios Database



Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in divisions 8.a-b (northern and central Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
bss.27.8ab
Assessment Year
2022
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
17196
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.19447817.v2






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total removals#
Fages 4–15 Total
SSB
% SSB change##
% advice change^^
2023 2023 2024 2024 2024
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^ : FMSY × SSB2023/MSY Btrigger 3398 0.135 16568 1.35 7.7
F = MAP^ FMSY lower × SSB2023/MSY Btrigger 2897 0.114 16920 3.5 7.6
Other scenarios
MSY approach : FMSY 3464 0.138 16521 1.06 9.8
F = 0 0 0 18976 16.1 -100
F = Fpa 4570 0.186 15747 -3.7 45
SSB2024 = Blim 10155 0.47 11920 -27 222
SSB2024 = Bpa 3226 0.128 16688 2.1 2.2
SSB2024 = MSYBtrigger 3226 0.128 16688 2.1 2.2
SSB2024 = SSB2023 3711 0.149 16348 0 17.6
F = F2021 = Fsq 2971 0.117 16868 3.2 -5.9




Symbol Footnotes
# Includes commercial landings, recreational removals, and commercial discards computed assuming an average ratio of 5.45%.
## SSB 2024 relative to SSB 2023 (16348 tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) (EU, 2019).
^^ Advice values for 2023 are relative to the corresponding 2022 values (MAP advice of FMSY 3156 and FMSY lower 2692, respectively; all other values are relative to FMSY).