News
Events
Calendar
Library
SharePoint Login
Admin
About ICES
Who we are
How we work
Global cooperation
Project collaborations
ICES Awards
Jobs at ICES
Science
Expert groups
Science priorities
Publications
Data
Dataset Collections
Data Portals
Data Tools
Assessment Tools
Maps
Vocabularies
Guidelines and Policy
Advice
Latest advice
Ecosystem overviews
Fisheries overviews
ICES ecosystems and advisory areas
Join us
Why join us
Join our expert groups
Become an observer
Join our advisory process
Dataset Collections
Data Portals
Data Tools
Assessment Tools
Maps
Vocabularies
Guidelines and Policy
Advice and Scenarios Database
Print it
Send to
Share it
Advicelist
View Advice
Black-bellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea, Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
ank.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
20975
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202503.v1
Status:
valid
Advice Component
Advice Category
*
FMSYranges
MP
MSY
NoAdv
Other
PA
Advice Type
*
Catches
Effort
FishMort
Landings
NoAd
NoFish
Advice Unit
*
t
ratio
%
AdviceValue
*
Advice Value Lower Range
Advice Value Upper Range
Wanted Catch
Wanted Catch Lower Range
Wanted Catch Upper Range
Advice Sentence
*
ICES advises that when the EU multiannual plan (MAP) for Western Waters and adjacent waters is applied, catches in 2026 that correspond to the F ranges in the plan are between 1 163 tonnes and 1 751 tonnes. According to the MAP, catches higher than those corresponding to FMSY (1 721 tonnes) can only be taken under conditions specified in the MAP, while the entire range is considered precautionary when applying the ICES advice rule. The use of a combined species total allowable catch (TAC) for the two anglerfish species, black-bellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) and white anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius), prevents effective control of the single-species exploitation rates and could lead to the overexploitation of either species.
Advice Released Date
*
Advice Applicable From
*
Advice Applicable Until
*
TAF Link
Management Alignment
Full
Multiple
Other
Partial
MP WebLink
Management Plan Ownership
Link To Evaluation
Inquiries or Comments?
Email:
Message:
Catch scenarios
Basis
Total catch
Fages 5-15 total
Spawning-stock biomass (SSB; 2027)
% SSB change **
% advice change ***
Probability SSB <; Blim (2027) ^
2026
2026
2027
2027
2026
2027
(t)
(ratio)
(t)
(%)
(%)
(ratio)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP*: FMSY
1721
0.53
1794
22
-31
0
F = MAP* FMSY lower
1163
0.337
2061
40
-53
0
F = MAP* FMSY upper
1751
0.541
1780
21
-30
0
Other scenarios
F = 0
0
0
2644
79
-100
0
F=FPA
1751
0.541
1745
18
-30
0
SSB (2027) = Blim
4121
1.9
788
-47
66
0.75
SSB (2027) = BPA = MSYBtrigger
3372
1.44
1095
-26
36
0.46
SSB2027 = SSB2026
2441
0.86
1474
0
-2
0.09
F = F2024
1885
0.59
1718
17
-24
0
Catch advice 2026 = catch advice 2025
2486
0.9
1456
-1
0
0.108
Symbol
Footnotes
*
The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).
**
SSB 2027 relative to SSB 2026 (1 474 tonnes).
***
Advice value for 2026 relative to the advice for 2025 (2486 tonnes).
^
The probability of SSB being to be below Blim in 2027. This probability relates to the short-term probability of SSB <; Blim and is not comparable to the long-term probability of SSB <; Blim tested in simulations when estimating fishing mortality reference points.
Print it
Send to
