Advice and Scenarios Database



Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.) in divisions 4.b and 4.c, and Subdivision 20, Sandeel Area 2r (Skagerrak, central and southern North Sea)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
san.sa.2r
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21281
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.27895/ices.advice.30932384






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Ftotal
Spawning-stock biomass (SSB)
% SSB change*
% total allowable catch (TAC) change**
% advice change***
2026 2026 2027 2027 2026 2026
(t) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
SSB(2027) = MSY Bescapement  without Fcap 1220 0.03 27757 -26 -97 -97
Other scenarios
F=0 0 0 28526 -23 -100 -100
Blim 15410 0.38 18949 -49 -61 -61
F = F2025 15269 0.38 19035 -49 -61 -61
Monitoring TAC 5000 0.11 25385 -32 -87 -87




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB2027 relative to SSB2026.
** Catch scenario for 2026 relative to TAC in 2025 (39 159 t).
*** Advice value 2026 relative to advice value 2025 (39 159 t).