Advice and Scenarios Database



Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode
pil.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18502
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21975209.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Catch (2024)
F (2024)
Biomass 1+ (2025)
% biomass 1+ change*
% quota change **
% advice change***
2024 2024 2025 2024 2024 2024
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
FMSY 38992 0.092 387607 -2.1 -31 -11
Other scenarios
F = FMSY = Fpa 38992 0.092 387607 -2.1 -31 -11
F2024 = F2023 45091 0.107 383503 -3.2 -20 2.9
HCR30^ 30000 0.07 393667 -0.59 -47 -32
HCR35^ 35000 0.082 390296 -1.44 -38 20
HCR40^ 40000 0.094 386928 -2.3 -29 -8.8
HCR45 44450 0.105 383934 -3 -21 1.39
HCR50 44450 0.105 383934 -3 -21 1.39
Flim 103030 0.26 344786 -12.9 82 135
B1+ (2025) = Blim (196 334) 335577 1.18 196334 -50 493 665
B1+ (2025) = Bpa = MSY Btrigger(252 523) 245005 0.74 252523 -36 333 459




Symbol Footnotes
* Biomass 1+ in 2025 relative to biomass 1+ in 2024 (395 984 tonnes).
** Advised catches in 2024 compared to the sum of national quotas for Portugal and Spain for 2023 (56 604 tonnes).
*** Advised catches in 2024 compared to advised catches for 2023 (43 841 tonnes)
^ Precautionary harvest control rule (HCR [ICES, 2021a]). The catch for 2024 corresponding to the maximum fishing mortality of 0.105 of the HCR would be 44 450 tonnes, which will be capped according to the maximum allowed catches of the HCR (e.g. the cap for HCR40 is 40 000 tonnes).