Advice and Scenarios Database



Black-bellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
ank.27.78abd
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19013
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25019159.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 3–10
Fages 3–10
Fages 3–10
SSB
% SSB change *
% advice change**
2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2026 2025
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach = FMSY 25317 21173 4144 0.163 0.154 0.009 67235 3.06 -1.02
FMSY lower 17806 14895 2911 0.112 0.106 0.0062 70753 8.46 -30
FMSY upper 36670 30656 6014 0.24 0.23 0.0135 61942 -5.05 43
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79138 21.3 -100
Fpa 38260 31983 6277 0.26 0.24 0.014 61203 -6.2 50
SSB2026 = Blim 149928 124539 25389 1.88 1.78 0.104 12073 -81.5 490
SSB2026 = Bpa = MSYBtrigger 138213 114936 23277 1.55 1.47 0.086 16776 -74.3 440
SSB2026 = SSB2025 29597 24749 4848 0.193 0.183 0.011 65236 0 15.7
F = F2024 14486 12119 2367 0.09 0.085 0.005 72312 10.9 -43
Catch advice (2025) = catch advice (2024)*** 25579 21392 4187 0.165 0.156 0.009 67113 2.88 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025 (65 236 tonnes).
** Advice value for 2025 relative to advice value for 2024 (25 579 tonnes).
*** Black-bellied anglerfish in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a–b and 8.d has a combined species TAC so ICES does not provide a catch option based on the TAC for this species.