Advice and Scenarios Database



Black-bellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
ank.27.78abd
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18169
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21840711.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards**
Fages 3–10 total
Fages 3–10 Projected landings
Fages 3–10 Projected discards
SSB
% SSB change ***
% advice change^
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025 2025 2024
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach = FMSY 25579 21175 4404 0.163 0.155 0.0081 60186 5.9 9.1
Other scenarios
FMSY lower 17990 14896 3094 0.112 0.106 0.0056 63335 11.5 -23
FMSY upper 37050 30659 6390 0.24 0.23 0.0122 55448 -2.42 58
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70841 25 -100
Fpa 38656 31987 6669 0.26 0.24 0.0128 54786 -3.6 65
SSB2025 = Blim 147906 121633 26273 1.77 1.68 0.088 12073 -79 531
SSB2025 = Bpa = MSYBtrigger 134868 111042 23825 1.44 1.37 0.072 16776 -70 475
SSB2025 = SSB2024 33718 27906 5812 0.22 0.21 0.011 56821 0 44
F = F2023 15096 12501 2595 0.093 0.089 0.0046 64539 13.6 -36




Symbol Footnotes
* Marketable landings, assuming recent discard rate.
** Including BMS landings (EU stocks), assuming recent discard rate.
*** SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024 (56821 tonnes).
^ Advice value for 2024 relative to advice value for 2023 (23436tonnes).