Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)
StockCode
sol.27.7a
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18859
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25921399






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards**
Ftotal
Fprojected landings
Fprojected discards
SSB
% SSB change**
% TAC change^
% advice change^^
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025 2024 2024 2024
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: F = FMSY 625 551 74 0.164 0.134 0.03 4923 -3.2 3.3 3.3
Other scenarios
F = FMSY lower 485 428 57 0.125 0.102 0.023 5060 -0.55 -19.8 -19.8
F = FMSY upper 692 610 82 0.183 0.149 0.034 4860 -4.5 14.4 14.4
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5535 8.8 -100 -100
F= Fpa 692 610 82 0.183 0.149 0.034 4860 -4.5 14.4 14.4
F= Flim 1835 1610 225 0.57 0.465 0.105 3786 -26 200 200
SSB2025=Blim 3553 3069 484 1.61 1.314 0.296 2235 -56 490 490
SSB2025=Bpa =MSYBtrigger 2553 2233 320 0.904 0.738 0.166 3129 -39 320 320
SSB2025=SSB2024 457 403 54 0.117 0.096 0.021 5088 0 -24 -24
F=F2023 422 372 50 0.108 0.088 0.02 5121 0.65 -30 -30




Symbol Footnotes
* Marketable landings, assuming recent discard rate.
** Including BMS landings (EU stocks), assuming recent discard rate.
*** SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024.
^ Total catch in 2024 relative to TAC 2023 (605 tonnes).
^^ Advice value for 2024 relative to the corresponding 2023 value (605 tonnes).