Advice and Scenarios Database



Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus) in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d-e (North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, English Channel)
StockCode
bll.27.3a47de
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
2
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18850






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch*
Projected landings
Projected discards**
Fishing mortality F2025/FMSY
Stock size B2026/BMSY
% B/BMSY change ***
% TAC change^
% Advice change^^
2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2026 2025 2025
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach (35th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY) 2970 2823 148 0.92 1.32 -11.6 21 21
Other scenarios
FMSY 3197 3038 159 1 1.29 -14.3 30 30
F=F2024 1304 1240 65 0.37 1.55 4.5 -47 -47
F=0 0 0 0 0 1.71 13.9 -100 -100




Symbol Footnotes
* (Projected landings)/(1-average discard rate); average discard rate by weight 2021–2023 = 5.0%.
** Including below minimum size (BMS) landings. Assuming average discard rate by weight 2021–2023 = 5.0%.
*** B/BMSY 2026 relative to B/BMSY 2025.
^ Total advised catch in 2025 relative to the combined areas TACs in 2024, including projected third-country catches (2456 tonnes).
^^ Advice value for 2025 relative to the advice value for 2024 (2456tonnes).