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
18719






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
Precautionary considerations: F(2024,Northwestern) × 0.39* 12158 0.122 84212 28 -10.1
Other scenarios
FMSY 18272 0.193 76298 16.2 35
FMSY lower 11864 0.119 84419 29 -12.3
FMSY upper 28377 0.331 63549 -3.2 110
F = 0 0 0 99830 52 -100
Fpa 40511 0.536 48931 -25 199
SSB (2026) = Blim 57046 0.96 29860 -55 320
SSB (2026) = MSY Btrigger = Bpa 46716 0.68 41434 -37 250
F = F2024 27450 0.32 64868 -1.2 103
SSB(2026)=SSB(2025) 26328 0.3 65876 0.33 95




Symbol Footnotes
* F(2024,Northwestern) × 0.39 = F(2024,Northwestern) × (FMSY(Southern) × (SSB[2025, Southern]/MSY Btrigger[Southern])/F(2024, Southern))
** SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025 (65 657 t).
*** Advice value for 2025 relative to the corresponding advice value for 2024 (13 529 t).
^ Any differences between values in this table and other values in the advice sheet are due to stochasticity in the projections.