Advice and Scenarios Database



Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode
meg.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19084
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25019345.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch (2025)
Projected landings
Projected discards# (2025)
Fages 2–4 Total
Fages 2–4 Projected landings
Fages 1–2 Projected discards
SSB
SSB change*
Advice change^^
2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2026 2025
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 1721 1667 54 0.173 0.143 0.054 7788 -9.7 35
F = MAP^ FMSY lower 1161 1125 36 0.112 0.092 0.035 8463 -1.88 35
F = MAP^ FMSY upper 2595 2512 84 0.28 0.23 0.088 6739 -22 36
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9867 14.4 -100
Fpa 3745 3620 125 0.45 0.37 0.141 5369 -38 195
Flim 4650 4491 159 0.62 0.51 0.194 4299 -50 266
SSB (2026) = Bpa 7825 7506 319 2.08 1.72 0.65 725 -92 516
SSB (2026) = Blim 8020 7686 333 2.36 1.95 0.74 532 -94 531
SSB (2026)= MSYBtrigger 7825 7506 319 2.08 1.72 0.65 725 -92 516
SSB2026 = SSB2025 1027 995 32 0.098 0.081 0.031 8625 0 -19.2
F = F2024 946 917 29 0.09 0.074 0.028 8722 1.12 -26
Catch advice (2025) = Catch advice (2024) 1271 1231 40 0.124 0.102 0.039 8330 -3.4 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025.
# BMS landings included.
^ The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).
^^ Advice values for 2025 relative to the corresponding 2024 values (FMSY 1271 tonnes, FMSY lower 859 tonnes, FMSY upper 1915 tonnes). All other scenarios are relative to the 2024 value for the FMSY scenario (1271 tonnes).