Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in subdivisions 20-24 (Skagerrak and Kattegat, western Baltic Sea)
StockCode
sol.27.20-24
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18204
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21820575.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch* (2024)
Projected landings (2024)
Projected discards (2024)
F projected landings (4–8) (2024)
SSB (2025)
% SSB change**
% TAC change^
% advice change^^
%Prob SSB 2025 below Blim
2024 2024 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP#: FMSY x SSB2024/MSY Btrigger 436 423 13 0.225 2233 -0.8 -12 -13 17
EU MAP#: Flower x SSB2024/MSY Btrigger 327 317 10 0.164 2340 4 -34 -14 11
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 2665 18.4 -100 -100 2.7
Fpa, Fmsy 496 481 15 0.26 2169 -3.6 -0.4 -1.59 21
MAP range Fupper 496 481 15 0.26 2169 -3.6 -0.4 -1.59 21
MAP range Flower 374 363 11 0.19 2295 2 -25 -1.58 13
Flim 585 568 17 0.315 2080 -7.6 17 16 29
TAC 2022x1.2 598 580 18 0.322 2068 -8.1 20 19 30
SSB (2025) = Blim 822 798 24 0.475 1850 -17.8 65 63 50
SSB (2025) = Bpa 64 62 2 0.03 2600 15.6 -87 -87 3.4
SSB (2025) = MSY Btrigger 64 62 2 0.03 2600 15.6 -87 -87 3.4
SSB(2025)=SSB(2024) 418 406 12 0.22 2250 0 -16 -17 16




Symbol Footnotes
* Total catch is calculated based on projected landings and assuming 3.03% discard ratio (in weight).
** SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024.
# EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018).
## ICES advice for Flower in 2024 relative to ICES advice Flower in 2023 (380tonnes).
^ Total catch in 2024 relative to the TAC in 2023 (498tonnes in 2023).
^^ Advice value 2024 relative to the advice value 2023 (504tonnes).