Advice and Scenarios Database



Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in subareas 1-9, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters)
StockCode
whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19138
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25019714






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
F
SSB
% SSB change*
% catch change**
% advice change***
2025 2025 2026 2026 2025 2025
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Long-term management strategy: F = Fmgt 1447054 0.32 5761173 -3.4 -23 -5.4
Other scenarios
MSY approach:FMSY 1447054 0.32 5761173 -3.4 -23 -5.4
F=0 0 0 7171648 20 -100 -100
Fpa 1447054 0.32 5761173 -3.4 -23 -5.4
Flim 3221031 0.88 4064961 -32 71 111
SSB2026=Blim^ 6098300 3.2 1500000 -75 224 299
SSB2026=Bpa=MSYBtrigger ^ 5206856 2.1 2250000 -62 177 240
F=F2024 2154655 0.51 5079233 -14.9 14.5 41
SSB2026=SSB2025^ 1234726 0.27 5966913 0 -34 -19.3
Catch2025=catch2024 ^ 1881076 0.44 5342170 -10.5 0 23
Catch2025=catch2024 -20% 1504912 0.34 5705194 -4.4 -20 -1.62
Catch2025=catch2024 +25% 2351368 0.57 4890792 -18 25 54
Catch2025=advice2024 -20% 1223855 0.27 5977459 0.2 -35 -20
Catch2025=advice2024 +25% 1912196 0.44 5312212 -11 1.65 25




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2026 relative to SSB 2025.
** Advice value for 2025 relative to expected catch in 2024 (1 881 072tonnes).
*** Advice value for 2025 relative to advice for 2024 (1 529 754tonnes).
^ SSB2026 and Catch2025 values are the closest available approximation to either Blim, Bpa, Btrigger, SSB2025, or target catches.