Advice and Scenarios Database



Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode
meg.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18173
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21840942.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 2–4
Fages 2–4
Fages 1–2
SSB
% SSB change*
% advice change**
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025 2025 2025
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 1271 1229 42 0.173 0.138 0.057 5575 -10.2 31
F = MAP^ FMSY lower 859 831 28 0.112 0.089 0.037 6070 -2.2 31
F = MAP^ FMSY upper 1915 1850 65 0.28 0.22 0.093 4809 -23 32
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7102 14.4 -100
Fpa 2757 2660 97 0.45 0.36 0.149 3814 -39 185
Flim 3417 3292 124 0.62 0.49 0.2 3042 -51 253
SSB (2025) = Bpa 5487 5250 237 1.77 1.42 0.59 725 -88 467
SSB (2025) = Blim 5677 5425 252 2 1.63 0.68 532 -91 486
SSB (2025)= MSYBtrigger 5487 5250 237 1.77 1.42 0.59 725 -88 467
SSB2025 = SSB2024 744 720 24 0.096 0.077 0.032 6207 0 -23
F = F2023 799 773 26 0.104 0.083 0.034 6141 -1.06 -17.5




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024 (6207 tonnes).
** Advice value for 2024 relative to advice value for 2023 (968 tonnes).
^ The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).
^^ Advice value for 2024 relative to the advice value for 2023 for the MAP FMSY lower (654tonnes) and MAP FMSY upper (1456tonnes).