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 Total
Fages 3–10 Projected landings
Fages 3–10 Projected discards
SSB (2026)
% SSB change*
% advice change**
2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2026 2026
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach = FMSY 25317 21173 4144 0.163 0.154 0.009 67235 3.1 -1.02
Other scenarios
F = MAP^^ FMSYlower 17806 14895 2911 0.112 0.106 0.0062 70753 8.5 -30
F = MAP^^ FMSYupper 36670 30656 6014 0.24 0.23 0.0135 61942 -5.1 43
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79138 21 -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 -81 486
SSB2026 = Bpa = MSYBtrigger 138213 114936 23277 1.55 1.47 0.086 16776 -74 440
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 10.8 -43
Catch advice (2025) = catch advice (2024)*** 25579 21392 4187 0.165 0.156 0.009 67113 2.9 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.
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).