Advice and Scenarios Database



Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
meg.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19673
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202695.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 2–4 total
Fages 2–4 projected landings
Fages 1–2 Projected discards
SSB
% SSB change*
% advice change^^
2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 2027 2026
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 2161 2121 40 0.173 0.141 0.052 9510 -11.1 25.6
F = MAP^ FMSY lower 1458 1432 27 0.112 0.091 0.034 10359 -3.2 25.6
F = MAP^ FMSY upper 3257 3195 62 0.28 0.228 0.084 8190 -23 25.5
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12130 13.3 -100
FPA 4694 4603 92 0.45 0.367 0.135 6472 -40 173
SSB (2027) = BPA= MSYBtrigger 9762 9524 238 2.147 1.752 0.646 725 -93 470
SSB (2027) = Blim 9963 9715 249 2.414 1.969 0.726 532 -95 480
SSB2027 = SSB2026 1175 1154 21 0.089 0.072 0.027 10702 0 -32
F = F2025 1114 1093 20 0.084 0.068 0.025 10777 0.69 -35
Catch advice 2026 = Catch advice 2024 1721 1689 32 0.134 0.109 0.04 10041 -6.2 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2027 relative to SSB 2026.
^ The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).
^^ Advice values for 2026 relative to the corresponding 2025 values (FMSY 1721 tonnes, FMSY lower 1161 tonnes, FMSY upper 2595 tonnes). All other scenarios are relative to the 2025 value for the FMSY scenario (1721 tonnes).