Advice and Scenarios Database



Hake (Merluccius merluccius) in subareas 4, 6, and 7, and divisions 3.a, 8.a-b, and 8.d, Northern stock (Greater North Sea, Celtic Seas, and the northern Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
hke.27.3a46-8abd
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18137
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21840852.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 1–7 total
Fages 1–7 projected landings
Fages 1–7 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 72839 67637 5202 0.24 0.23 0.0174 129326 -12.1 -12.4
Other scenarios
EU MAP^: FMSY 72839 67637 5202 0.24 0.23 0.0174 129326 -12.1 -12.4
F = MAP^:FMSY lower 46722 43486 3236 0.147 0.137 0.0102 146172 -0.6 -44
F = MAP^:FMSY upper 102890 95251 7640 0.37 0.34 0.027 110272 -25 24
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 176869 20 -100
F = Fpa 135857 125263 10594 0.54 0.5 0.042 89853 -39 63
SSB (2025) =Blim 183455 167811 15644 0.86 0.79 0.074 61563 -58 121
SSB (2025) =Bpa 154777 142318 12460 0.65 0.6 0.052 78405 -47 86
SSB (2025) = MSYBtrigger 154777 142318 12460 0.65 0.6 0.052 78405 -47 86
SSB (2025) = SSB(2024) 45368 42230 3138 0.142 0.132 0.0098 147052 0 -45
F = F2023 58652 54534 4118 0.189 0.176 0.0133 138447 -5.9 -29




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024 (147 052 tonnes).
** Total catch advice in 2024 relative to the catch advice for 2023 (83 130 tonnes).
^ The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).