Advice and Scenarios Database



Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in Division 3.a (Skagerrak and Kattegat)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
tur.27.3a
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
3
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21220






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fishing mortality F2026/FMSY
Stock size B2027/BMSY
% B/BMSY change*
% advice change**
2026 2026 2026 2026 2027 2027 2026
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach (35th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY) 395 360 35 0.85 1.45 -8.9 51
Other scenarios
FMSY 455 414 41 1 1.39 -12.2 74
F=F2025 174 158 16 0.35 1.64 3.2 -33
F=0 0 0 0 0 1.79 12.7 -100




Symbol Footnotes
* B/BMSY 2027 relative to B/BMSY 2026.
** Advice value for 2026 relative to the advice value for 2025 (261tonnes).