Advice and Scenarios Database



Greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) in divisions 5.b and 6.a (Faroes grounds and west of Scotland)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
aru.27.5b6a
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19688
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202512.v1






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings ^^
Projected discards ^^
F 6-14
FProjected landings ^^
FProjected discards ^^
Spawning-stock biomass (SSB)
% SSB change*
% total allowable catch (TAC) change @
% advice change ^
Probability SSB less than Blim ^^^
2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FFMSY 18441 0.24 80101 -3.7 -2.8 1
Other scenarios
F=0 0 0 96843 16.5 -100 0
F=Fsq(2024) 18111 0.23 80663 -3 -4.5 5
F=FPA 24647 0.33 74939 -9.9 30 6
SSB (2027) = MSY Btrigger 15493 0.191 82999 -0.19 -18.3 0
SSB (2027) = Blim 42490 0.65 59730 -28 124 50
FMSY lower ***
FMSY upper ***
SSB (2027) = Blim**
SSB (2027) = BPA**
SSB (2027) = MSY Btrigger**
SSB (2027) = SSB (2026) **
SSB (2027) = Blim**




Symbol Footnotes
@ The percent change in TAC is not presented because the advice area and TAC unit do not match.
* SSB 2027 relative to SSB 2026.
** These catch scenarios were not calculated.
*** These reference points have not been estimated for this stock.
^ Advice value for 2026 relative to advice value for 2025 (18 966 tonnes).
^^ ICES cannot estimate projected landings and discards.
^^^ The probability of SSB being below Blim in 2027 presented as a percentage. 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.