Advice and Scenarios Database



Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Division 7.d (eastern English Channel)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
ple.27.7d
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18726
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21840987






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch (plaice stock) ^
Projected landings (plaice stock)
Projected discards (plaice stock) *
Ftotal (ages 3-6) (plaice stock)
Fprojected landings (ages 3-6) (plaice stock)
Fprojected discards (ages 3-6) (plaice stock)
SSB (plaice stock)
% SSB change (plaice stock) **
% advice change (plaice stock) $
Total catch (plaice in Division 7.d)
Projected landings (plaice in Division 7.d)
Projected discards (plaice in Division 7.d) *
% change in projected catches (plaice in Division 7.d) ^^
% advice change (plaice in Division 7.d) ##
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025 2022 2022 2024 2024 2024 2022 2022
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY × SSB (2024)/MSY Btrigger 2367 1058 1309 0.119 0.029 0.09 29594 2.5 -50 2826 1263 1562 -62 -50
Other scenarios
F=FMSYlower× SSB(2023)/ MSYBtrigger 1737 777 960 0.086 0.021 0.065 30449 5.5 -63 2074 927 1146 -72 -63
FMSY lower 2249 1005 1243 0.113 0.028 0.085 29754 3.1 -53 2684 1200 1484 -64 -53
FMSY 3052 1364 1688 0.156 0.038 0.118 28668 -0.68 -36 3643 1628 2015 -52 -36
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32828 13.7 -100 0 0 0 -100 -100
Fpa 4510 2014 2496 0.24 0.058 0.18 26714 -7.5 -4.8 5383 2403 2980 -28 -5.1
Flim 6836 3047 3789 0.38 0.093 0.29 23644 -18.1 44 8160 3637 4523 8.5 44
SSB (2025) = Blim 4185 1869 2316 0.22 0.054 0.166 27147 -5.9 -11.7 4996 2231 2765 -34 -11.9
SSB (2025) = Bpa = MSYBtrigger ###
F = F2023 3611 1613 1998 0.187 0.046 0.141 27917 -3.3 -24 4310 1925 2384 -43 -24




Symbol Footnotes
* Including BMS landings, assuming recent discard rate.
** SSB 2025 relative to SSB 2024.
## Total catch of plaice in division 7d in 2024 relative to the advice value 2023 (5671tonnes)
### Bpa and MSY Btrigger cannot be achieved in 2025, even with zero catches
^ Differences between total catch and the sum of projected landings and discards result from rounding.
^^ Total catch of plaice in division 7d in 2024 relative to the ICES estimates of catches in 2022 (7520tonnes)
$ Total catch of plaice stock in 2024 relative to the advice value 2023 (4738tonnes)