Advice and Scenarios Database



Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) in divisions 7.b-k, 8.a-b, and 8.d (west and southwest of Ireland, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
meg.27.7b-k8abd
Assessment Year
2022
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
17377
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21333687.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards**(2023)
Fages 3–6
SSB (2024)
% SSB
% advice change^
2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2023
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 23596 20264 3332 0.23 90976 -5.4 2.8
Other scenarios
EU MAP^^ = FMSY 23596 20264 3332 0.23 90976 -5.4 2.8
F = MAP^^ FMSYlower 15101 12982 2119 0.14 99893 3.9 -34
F = MAP^^ FMSYupper 38191 32733 5457 0.41 75788 -21 66
F = 0 0 0 0 0 115855 20 -100
Fpa 39638 33966 5672 0.43 74293 -23 73
Flim 50197 42939 7258 0.591 63458 -34 119
SSB (2024) = Blim 78477 66677 11800 1.241 35398 -63 242
SSB (2024) = Bpa 73241 62327 10914 1.084 40444 -58 219
SSB(2024)=MSYBtrigger 73241 62327 10914 1.084 40444 -58 220
SSB (2024) = SSB (2023) 18629 16008 2621 0.176 96184 0 -18.9
F = F2022 19945 17136 2809 0.19 94803 -1.44 -13.1




Symbol Footnotes
* Marketable landings, assuming recent discard rate.
** Including BMS landings (EU stocks), assuming recent discard rate.
*** SSB 2024 relative to SSB 2023.
^ Advice value for 2023 relative to advice value for 2022 (22 964 tonnes).
^^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019).