Advice and Scenarios Database



Greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) in divisions 5.b and 6.a (Faroes grounds and west of Scotland)
StockCode
aru.27.5b6a
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18020
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21828249.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
F6-14
SSB
% SSB change*
% Catch change^
% Advice change^^
2024 2024 2025 2025 2025 2025
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach = FMSY 17695 0.24 81756 -3.2 -3.4 3.6
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 98202 16 -100 -100
Fsq(2023) 17433 0.24 81999 -2.9 -4.9 2
Fpa 23212 0.33 76782 -9.1 27 36
SSB (2025) = MSY Btrigger 16371 0.22 83000 -1.8 -11 -4.1
SSB (2025) = Blim 42142 0.73 59676 -29 130 147




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024.
^ Total catch in 2024 relative to 2023 assumed catch (18 324 tonnes).
^^ Advice value for 2024 relative to advice value for 2023 (17 078 tonnes).