Advice and Scenarios Database



Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
pil.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19313
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.25027496.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Catch (2025)
F
Biomass 1+
% biomass 1+ change*
% quota change**
% advice change***
2025 2025 2026 2026 2025 2025
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY 40073 0.092 454384 0.3 -9.8 2.8
Other scenarios
F = FMSY = Fpa 40073 0.092 454384 0.3 -9.8 2.8
F2025 = F2024 45205 0.104 450869 -0.48 1.7 15.9
Harvest control rule (HCR)30^ 30000 0.068 461292 1.82 -33 -23
HCR35^ 35000 0.08 457862 1.07 -21 -10.2
HCR40^ 40000 0.092 454434 0.31 -10 2.6
HCR45^ 45000 0.104 451010 -0.45 1.24 15.4
HCR50^ 50000 0.116 447588 -1.2 12.5 28
Flim 106615 0.26 409044 -9.7 140 173
B1+ (2026)=Blim (196 334) 435148 1.61 196334 -57 879 1016
B1+ (2026)=Bpa=MSYBtrigger (252 523) 344439 1.11 252523 -44 675 783




Symbol Footnotes
* Biomass1+ in 2026 relative to biomass1+ in 2025 (453035 tonnes).
** Advised catches in 2025 compared to the sum of national quotas for Portugal and Spain for 2024 (44450 tonnes).
*** Advised catches in 2025 compared to advised catches for 2024 (38992 tonnes).
^ Precautionary harvest control rule (HCR [ICES, 2021a]). The catch for 2025 corresponding to the fishing mortality of 0.12 from applying the HCR would be 51 738 tonnes, which will be capped if the maximum allowed catches of the HCR is lower than this value (e.g. the cap for HCR40 is 40 000 tonnes).