Advice and Scenarios Database



Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in subdivisions 21-23 (Kattegat, Belt Seas, and the Sound)
StockCode
ple.27.21-23
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18631
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25019435






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards**
Ftotal
SSB
% SSB change***
% advice change^
2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2025 2025
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: (F = FMSY) 20062 13707 6355 0.31 45395 2.9 16
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 61314 39 -100
FMSY lower 12471 8564 3907 0.18 51264 16 -28
FMSY upper 33154 22367 10787 0.59 35400 -20 92
F=F2024 8524 5866 2658 0.12 54376 23 -51
Fpa 40911 27377 13534 0.81 29411 -33 137
Flim 46350 30828 15522 1 25174 -43 169
SSB (2026) = MSYBtrigger 73357 46389 26968 3.7 4730 -89 325
SSB (2026) = Bpa 73357 46389 26968 3.7 4730 -89 325
SSB (2026) = Blim 75133 47242 27891 4.3 3635 -92 335
SSB (2026) = SSB (2025) 21750 14834 6916 0.34 44108 0 26
20% increase on advised catch for 2024 20705 14134 6571 0.32 44911 1.82 20




Symbol Footnotes
* Marketable landings, assuming recent discard rate.
** Including below minimum size (BMS) landings (EU stocks), assuming recent discard rate.
*** SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025.
^ Advice value for 2025 relative to advice value for 2024 (17 254 tonnes).