Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in divisions 7.f and 7.g (Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea)
StockCode
sol.27.7fg
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18943






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards**
Ftotal
Fprojected landings
Fprojected discards
SSB
SSB change ***
Advice change^
Probability of SSB less than Blim
2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2026 2026 2025 2026
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: F = FMSY 1149 1080 69 0.251 0.237 0.014 5226 -0.93 -9.3 0
Other scenarios
EU MAP^^: FMSY 1149 1080 69 0.251 0.237 0.014 5226 -0.93 -9.3 0
EU MAP^^: FMSY lower 656 617 39 0.136 0.128 0.008 5734 8.7 -48 0
EU MAP^^: FMSY upper 1922 1802 120 0.462 0.436 0.026 4425 -16.1 52 0.01
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6427 22 -100 0
F= Fpa 1718 1611 107 0.402 0.379 0.023 4637 -12.1 36 0
F= Flim 2180 2042 138 0.543 0.513 0.03 4159 -21 72 0.06
SSB2026 = Blim 4117 3823 294 1.48 1.393 0.083 2184 -59 225 50
SSB2026= Bpa= MSYBtrigger 3252 3037 215 0.96 0.91 0.054 3057 -42 157 8.3
SSB2026= SSB2025 1101 1034 67 0.24 0.226 0.013 5275 0 -13.1 0
F = F2024 1350 1267 83 0.3 0.285 0.017 5017 -4.9 6.6 0




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 the advice value for 2024 (1267 tonnes). The 2024 TAC is similar to the advice value.
^^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).