Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.) in divisions 4.a and 4.b, and Subdivision 20, Sandeel Area 3r (Skagerrak, northern and central North Sea)

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san.sa.3r

Assessment Year

2025

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Advice

Published

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19331

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Status: valid

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Catch scenarios

Basis	Total catch (2025)	Ftotal (2025)	Spawning-stock biomass (SSB) (2026)	% SSB change*	% total allowable catch (TAC) change**	% advice change***
	2025	2025	2026	2026	2025	2025
	(t)	(ratio)	(t)	(%)	(%)	(%)
ICES Basis Advice
SSB(2026) = MSY Bescapementwith Fcap	0	0	68924	1	-100
Other scenarios
F=0	0	0	68924	1	-100
SSB(2026) = Blim^
F = F2024	2533	0.031	67595	-1	-89

Symbol	Footnotes
*	SSB2026 relative to SSB2025.
**	Catch scenario for 2025 relative to the TAC in 2024 (24 000t = the sum of the Norwegian [19 000t], EU–UK TAC [5000 t]).
***	Advice value 2025 relative to advice value 2024 (0 t).