Advice and Scenarios Database



White anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
mon.27.78abd
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18149
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21840948.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards**
Fages 3–15 Total
Fages 3–15 Projected landings
Fages 3–15 Projected discards
SSB
% SSB change ***
% advice change^
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025 2025 2025
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach = FMSY 35502 31090 4411 0.192 0.19 0.0017 64669 0.72 2.8
Other scenarios
FMSY lower 24976 21876 3100 0.131 0.13 0.00116 68929 7.4 -28
FMSY upper 38811 33987 4824 0.21 0.21 0.00188 63331 -1.36 12.4
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79055 23 -100
Fpa 38811 33987 4824 0.21 0.21 0.00188 63331 -1.36 12.4
SSB2025 = Blim 138080 120497 17584 1.15 1.14 0.0102 23868 -63 300
SSB2025 = Bpa = MSYBtrigger 126690 110634 16056 0.99 0.98 0.0087 28275 -56 267
SSB2025 = SSB2024 36645 32091 4554 0.199 0.197 0.00176 64207 0 6.1
F = F2023 23873 20911 2962 0.125 0.124 0.00111 69375 8 -31




Symbol Footnotes
* Marketable landings, assuming recent discard rate.
** Including BMS landings (EU stocks), assuming recent discard rate.
*** SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024 (64 207tonnes).
^ Advice value for 2024 relative to advice value for 2023 (34540tonnes).