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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 6.a (West of Scotland)
StockCode
whg.27.6a
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19089
Link to Advice Sheet
NA - The advice link for key 19089 was not found!
Status:
valid
Advice Component
Advice Category
*
FMSYranges
MP
MSY
NoAdv
Other
PA
Advice Type
*
Catches
Effort
FishMort
Landings
NoAd
NoFish
Advice Unit
*
t
ratio
%
AdviceValue
*
Advice Value Lower Range
Advice Value Upper Range
Wanted Catch
Wanted Catch Lower Range
Wanted Catch Upper Range
Advice Sentence
*
ICES advises that when the MSY approach is applied, catches in 2025 should be no more than 5 116 tonnes. Management should be implemented at the stock level.
Advice Released Date
*
Advice Applicable From
*
Advice Applicable Until
*
TAF Link
Management Alignment
Full
Multiple
Other
Partial
MP WebLink
Management Plan Ownership
Link To Evaluation
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Catch scenarios
Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Ftotal
Fprojected landings
Fprojected discards
SSB
SSB change *
Advice change**
Probability of being below Blim
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2026
2026
2025
2026
(t)
(t)
(t)
(ratio)
(ratio)
(ratio)
(t)
(%)
(%)
(%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY × SSB (2025) /MSY Btrigger
5116
2929
2187
0.196
0.079
0.117
22315
-7
32
17.4
Other scenarios
MSY approach: FMSY lower × SSB (2025) /MSY Btrigger
4286
2456
1830
0.162
0.065
0.097
23062
-3.8
10.5
14.1
MSY approach: FMSY upper × SSB (2025) /MSY Btrigger
5116
2929
2187
0.196
0.079
0.117
22315
-7
32
17.42
F=0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26974
12.5
-100
3
F= FMSY
5440
3112
2328
0.21
0.084
0.126
22022
-8.2
40
18.9
F= FMSY lower
4564
2614
1950
0.173
0.069
0.104
22801
-4.9
17.7
15.3
F= Fpa
5440
3112
2328
0.21
0.084
0.126
22022
-8.2
40
18.9
F= Flim
7671
4366
3305
0.31
0.124
0.186
20089
-16.2
98
30
SSB (2026)=Blim
11032
6252
4780
0.48
0.193
0.29
17286
-28
184
50
SSB (2026)=Bpa=MSYBtrigger
1469
845
624
0.052
0.021
0.031
25597
6.7
-62
5.5
SSB (2026)=SSB (2025)
3260
1873
1387
0.121
0.048
0.073
23982
0
-16
10.2
F=F2024
376
217
159
0.0132
0.0053
0.0079
26616
11
-90
3.5
Symbol
Footnotes
*
SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025.
**
Advice value for 2025 relative to the corresponding 2024 value (3879 tonnes).