Advice and Scenarios Database



Cod in Subarea 4, divisions 6.a and 7.d, and Subdivision 20 (North Sea, West of Scotland, eastern English Channel and Skagerrak)
StockCode
cod.27.46a7d20
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18716






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch (2025)
Ftotal (ages 2–4)^
SSB (2026)^
% SSB change*
% Advice change**
2025 2025 2026 2026 2025
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY × SSB (2025)/MSY Btrigger 3074 0.167 21693 51 -22
Other scenarios
FMSY lower × SSB (2025)/MSYBtrigger 1984 0.104 23222 62 -49
FMSY 4111 0.231 20303 42 4.8
FMSY lower 2689 0.144 22183 55 -31
F = 0 0 0 26143 82 -100
Fpa 7372 0.464 15971 11.5 88
SSB (2026) = Blim 8823 0.58 14126 -1.42 125
SSB (2026) = MSY Btrigger = Bpa 4278 0.24 19590 37 9.1
F = F2024 6813 0.43 16746 16.9 74
SSB(2026)=SSB(2025) 8554 0.55 14455 0.87 118




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025 (14 330 t).
** Advice value for 2025 relative to the corresponding advice value for 2024 (3922 t).
^ Any differences between values in this table and other values in the advice sheet are due to stochasticity in the projections.