Advice and Scenarios Database



Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b-c and 7.e-k (southern Celtic Seas and eastern English Channel)
StockCode
whg.27.7b-ce-k
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18966
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25019729.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings (2025)
Projected discards
Ftotal
Fprojected landings
Fprojected discards
SSB
SSB change*
Advice change **
Probability 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=0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26691 26 97
Other scenarios
EU MAP^^: FMSY 5750 5116 634 0.38 0.32 0.059 21646 2.1 100
EU MAP^^: FMSY upper 5750 5116 634 0.38 0.32 0.059 21646 2.1 100
EU MAP^^: FMSY lower 5006 4463 543 0.32 0.27 0.05 22281 5.1 100
FMSYupper×SSB2025/MSYBtrigger 2749 2464 285 0.157 0.132 0.025 24226 14.2 99
FMSY ×SSB2025/MSYBtrigger 2749 2464 285 0.157 0.132 0.025 24226 14.2 99
FMSYlower×SSB2025/MSYBtrigger 2347 2106 241 0.131 0.111 0.02 24580 15.9 99
F= FMSY = Fpa 5750 5116 634 0.38 0.32 0.059 21646 2.1 100
SSB2026 = Blim^
SSB2026= Bpa= Btrigger^
TAC_2024 4718 4242 476 0.29 0.24 0.046 22640 6.7 100
F = F2024 4337 3872 465 0.27 0.23 0.042 22715 7.1 100
SSB2026 = SSB2025 6267 5565 702 0.42 0.35 0.066 21210 0 100




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025.
** Advice in 2025 relative to advice in 2024 (0 tonnes), options were left blank because they cannot be calculated.
^ The Blim and MSYBtrigger options were left blank because neither can be achieved in 2026, even with zero catches.
^^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).