Advice and Scenarios Database



Black-bellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
ank.27.78abd
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19513
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202500.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 3–10 total
Fages 3–10 projected landings
Fages 3–10 Projected discards
Spawning-stock biomass (SSB)
% SSB change*
% advice change**
2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 2027 2027
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach = FMSY 22390 19514 2875 0.163 0.156 0.0074 63742 -1.26 -11.6
Other scenarios
F = MAP^ FMSYlower 15747 13728 2019 0.112 0.107 0.0051 67077 3.9 -38
F = MAP^ FMSYupper 32429 28255 4175 0.25 0.23 0.0111 58724 -9 28
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75027 16 -100
FPA 33835 29478 4357 0.26 0.25 0.0116 58023 -10.1 34
SSB2027 = Blim 131050 113505 17545 1.83 1.74 0.083 12073 -81 420
SSB2027 = BPA = MSYBtrigger 120214 104232 15982 1.5 1.43 0.068 16776 -74 370
SSB2027 = SSB2026 20773 18106 2667 0.15 0.144 0.0068 64553 0 -17.9
F = F2025 14497 12639 1858 0.103 0.098 0.0046 67706 4.9 -43
Catch advice (2026) = catch advice (2025) 25317 22064 3253 0.186 0.178 0.0084 62276 -3.5 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2027 relative to SSB 2026 (64 553 tonnes).
** Advice value for 2026 relative to advice value for 2025 (25 317 tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).