Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in Division 7.d (eastern English Channel)
StockCode
sol.27.7d
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18987






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards^
Ftotal (ages 3–7)
Fprojected landings (ages 3–7)
Fprojected discards (ages 3-7)
SSB
SSB change*
TAC change**
advice change**
Probability of SSB (2026) below Blim
2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2026 2025 2025 2026
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY × SSB (2025)/MSY Btrigger 1209 990 220 0.159 0.124 0.035 11630 7.6 -19.6 -19.6 40
Other scenarios
FMSYlower× SSB(2025)/ MSYBtrigger 841 690 154 0.108 0.085 0.023 12052 11.6 -44 -44 30
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13018 20 -100 -100 14.7
Fpa 2264 1850 410 0.318 0.25 0.068 10418 -3.6 51 51 66
Flim 2466 2000 450 0.352 0.28 0.076 10183 -5.7 64 64 71
SSB (2026) = Blim 1581 1290 290 0.21 0.167 0.045 11181 3.5 5.1 5.1 50
SSB (2026) = Bpa = MSYBtrigger#
F = F2024 1599 1310 290 0.21 0.169 0.046 11161 3.3 6.3 6.3 50
FMSY lower 1192 980 220 0.156 0.123 0.033 11649 7.8 -21 -21 40
FMSY 1697 1390 310 0.23 0.18 0.05 11051 2.3 12.8 12.8 52




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025 (10804 tonnes).
** Total catch in 2025 relative to the advice value 2024 and TAC (both 1504tonnes).
# Bpa and MSYBtrigger cannot be achieved in 2026, even with zero catches.
^ Including BMS landings, assuming recent discard rate.