Advice and Scenarios Database



Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d-e (North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, English Channel)
StockCode
bll.27.3a47de
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
2
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18206






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch (2024)*
Projected landings (2024)
Projected discards (2024)**
Fishing mortality F2024/FMSY
Stock size B2025/BMSY
% B change ***
% Advice change^
2024 2024 2024 2024 2025 2025 2023
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach (35th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY) 2456 2326 130 0.91 1.15 -1.4 87
Other scenarios
FMSY 2657 2516 141 1 1.12 -3.8 102
F=F2023 1404 1330 74 0.49 1.29 11 6.8
F=0 0 0 0 0 1.48 27.2 -100




Symbol Footnotes
* (Projected landings)/(1-average discard rate); average discard rate by weight 2020-2022 = 5.3%.
** Including BMS landings. Assuming average discard rate by weight 2020-2022 = 5.3%.
*** Biomass 2025 relative to biomass 2024
^ Advice value for 2024 relative to the advice value for 2023 (1315tonnes).