Advice and Scenarios Database



Anglerfish (Lophius budegassa, Lophius piscatorius) in subareas 4 and 6, and Division 3.a (North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak and Kattegat)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
anf.27.3a46
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21004
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202497.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
F total
Spawning-stock biomass (SSB)
% SSB change*
% advice change^
Probability SSB <; Blim in 2027 (%) #
2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 2027 2026 2027
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY 30358 29842 516 0.137 59697 5 -1.2 0
Other scenarios
EU MAP^^: FMSY 30358 29842 516 0.137 59697 5 -1.2 0
EUMAP^^:FMSYlower 23587 23186 401 0.105 61224 7.6 -23 0
EUMAP^^:FMSYupper 37949 37304 645 0.174 57986 1.94 24 0
F=0 0 0 0 0 66544 17 -100 0
F=FPA 46080 45297 783 0.215 56155 -1.28 50 0
SSB2027=Blim 183200 180086 3114 1.27 25686 -55 500 50
SSB2027=Bpa 137525 135187 2338 0.81 35692 -37 350 3.4
SSB2027=SSB2026 42856 42127 729 0.199 56881 0 39 0
SSB2027=MSYBtrigger 124404 122289 2115 0.71 38604 -32 300 1.04
F=F2025 24662 24243 419 0.11 60981 7.2 -19.7 0
Catch advice 2026 = TAC2025 30726 30204 522 0.139 59614 4.8 0 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2027 relative to SSB 2026 (56881 tonnes).
# The probability of SSB being 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.
^ Advice value for 2026 relative to advice value for 2025 (30 726 tonnes).
^^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019).