Advice and Scenarios Database



Black-bellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea, Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode
ank.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
2.11
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18870






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch (2025)
Fishing mortality F2025/FMSY
Stock size B2026/BMSY
Biomass change^
Advice change^^
2025 2025 2026 2026 2025
(t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach (35th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY) 2486 0.89 1.5 -6.2 17.8
Other scenarios
F = Fmsy 2770 1 1.49 -6.9 31
F = F2023 = Fsq 1121 0.39 1.6 0 -47
F = 0 0 0 1.68 5 -100




Symbol Footnotes
^ Biomass 2026 relative to biomass 2025 (1.60).
^^ Advice value for 2025 relative to the advice value for 2024 (2111 tonnes).