Advice and Scenarios Database



White anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
mon.27.78abd
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19506
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202698.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages3–15 total
Fages3–15 projected landings
Fages3–15 projected discards
Spawning-stock biomass (SSB)
% SSB change *
% advice change^
2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 2027 2026
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach = FMSY 36090 31928 4162 0.192 0.19 0.00155 59745 -1.15 3.2
Other scenarios
F = MAP^^ FMSYlower 25403 22477 2926 0.131 0.13 0.00106 63669 5.3 -27
F = MAP^^ FMSYupper 39449 34898 4551 0.212 0.21 0.00171 58513 -3.2 12.8
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72993 21 -100
FPA 39449 34898 4551 0.212 0.21 0.00171 58513 -3.2 12.8
SSB2027 = Blim 134601 118711 15890 1.08 1.07 0.0087 23868 -61 280
SSB2027 = Bpa = MSYBtrigger 122309 107942 14368 0.91 0.9 0.0073 28275 -53 250
SSB2027 = SSB2026 34190 30248 3942 0.181 0.179 0.00146 60443 0 -2.3
F = F2025 22454 19869 2585 0.115 0.114 0.00093 64751 7.1 -36
Catch advice 2026 = catch advice 2025 34983 30949 4034 0.185 0.184 0.0015 60152 -0.48 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2027 relative to SSB 2026 (60 443tonnes).
^ Advice value for 2026 relative to advice value for 2025 (34 983 tonnes).
^^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).