Advice and Scenarios Database



Anglerfish (Lophius budegassa, Lophius piscatorius) in subareas 4 and 6, and Division 3.a (North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak and Kattegat)
StockCode
anf.27.3a46
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19062
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25019156.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards**
Ftotal
SSB
% SSB change***
% advice change^
Probability SSB <; Blim in 2026 (%)
2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2026 2026 2026
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 30726 30265 461 0.137 60272 4.5 211 0
Other scenarios
EU MAP^^: FMSY 30726 30265 461 0.137 60272 4.5 211 0
EUMAP^^:FMSYlower 23895 23537 358 0.105 61791 7.2 142 0
EUMAP^^:FMSYupper 38379 37803 576 0.174 58567 1.56 288 0
F=0 0 0 0 0 67094 16.4 -100 0
F=Fpa 46562 45864 698 0.215 56743 -1.6 371 0
SSB2026=Blim 184929 182155 2774 1.3 25686 -56 1772 50
SSB2026=Bpa 140402 138296 2106 0.84 35692 -38 1321 3.2
SSB2026=SSB2025 42428 41792 636 0.194 57665 0 211 0
SSB2026=MSYBtrigger 127467 125555 1912 0.73 38604 -33 1190 0.88
F=F2024 20297 19993 304 0.089 62591 8.5 105 0
Catch advice 2025 = TAC2024 11293 11124 169 0.048 64590 12 14.3 0




Symbol Footnotes
* Landings, assuming recent discard rate.
** Assuming recent discard rate.
*** SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025 (57665 tonnes).
^ Advice value for 2025 relative to advice value for 2024 (9 881 tonnes)
^^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019).