Advice and Scenarios Database



Hake (Merluccius merluccius) in subareas 4, 6, and 7, and divisions 3.a, 8.a-b, and 8.d, Northern stock (Greater North Sea, Celtic Seas, and the northern Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
hke.27.3a46-8abd
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19042
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25019303.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 1–7 total
Fages 1–7 projected landings
Fages 1–7 projected discards
SSB
% SSB change*
% advice change**
2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025
(t) (t) (t) (%) (%) (%) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 52466 48036 4430 0.24 0.22 0.021 98340 -5 -28
Other scenarios
EU MAP^ = FMSY 52466 48036 4430 0.24 0.22 0.021 98340 -5 -28
F = MAP^ FMSYlower 33563 30810 2753 0.147 0.135 0.0121 110343 6 -54
F = MAP^ FMSYupper 74366 67851 6515 0.37 0.34 0.032 84652 -19 2
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132023 27 -100
F = Fpa 98611 89566 9045 0.54 0.49 0.049 69816 -33 35
F = Flim 121825 110069 11757 0.73 0.66 0.071 55987 -46 67
SSB (2026) = Blim 112382 101769 10614 0.65 0.59 0.061 61563 -41 54
SSB (2026) = Bpa 84504 76963 7541 0.44 0.4 0.039 78405 -25 16
SSB(2026)=MSYBtrigger 84504 76963 7541 0.44 0.4 0.039 78405 -25 16
SSB (2026) = SSB (2025) 43579 39950 3629 0.196 0.18 0.0164 103963 0 -40
F = F2024 48572 44496 4076 0.22 0.2 0.0187 100800 -3 -33
Catch (2025) = TAC (2024) 72839 66475 6364 0.36 0.33 0.031 85598 -18 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025 (103963 tonnes).
** Total catch advice in 2025 relative to the catch advice for 2024 (72839 tonnes).
^ The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).