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
2022
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
17697
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.19772455.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Catch
F
Biomass 1+
% biomass 1+ change*
% quota change**
% advice change***
2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 43841 0.092 515423 1.7 -0.95 4.9
Other scenarios
F = FMSY = Fpa 43841 0.092 515423 1.7 -0.95 4.9
F2023 = F2022 47972 0.101 512525 1.1 8.4 15
HCR30^ 30000 0.06 525149 3.6 -32 -28
HCR35^ 35000 0.07 521633 2.9 -21 -16
HCR40^ 40000 0.08 518120 2.2 -9.6 -4.3
HCR45^ 45000 0.095 514610 1.5 1.7 7.7
HCR50^ 50000 0.105 511102 0.84 13 20
Flim 116651 0.26 464655 -8.3 164 179
B1+ (2024)=Blim (196 334) 530585 1.96 196334 -61 1099 1170
B1+ (2024)=Bpa=MSYBtrigger(252 523) 437165 1.39 252523 -50 888 946




Symbol Footnotes
* Biomass1+ in 2024 relative to biomass1+ in 2023 (506 858tonnes).
** Advised catches in 2023 compared to the sum of national quotas for Portugal and Spain for 2022 (44 262 tonnes).
*** Advised catches in 2023 compared to advised catches for 2022 (41 777tonnes)
^ Precautionary harvest control rule (HCR [ICES, 2021a]). The catch for 2023 corresponding to the maximum fishing mortality of 0.12 of the HCR would be 56 604 tonnes, which will be capped according to the maximum allowed catches of the HCR (e.g. the cap for HCR45 is 45000tonnes).