Advice and Scenarios Database



Sandeel (Ammodytes spp.) in divisions 4.a and 4.b, and Subdivision 20, Sandeel Area 3r (Skagerrak, northern and central North Sea)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
san.sa.3r
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21282
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.27895/ices.advice.30932387






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
SSB2027 = MSY Bescapement ^ 0 0 34643 -1
Other scenarios
F= F2025 =0 0 0 34643 -1
SSB2027 = Blim^^




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB2027 relative to SSB2026.
** Catch scenario for 2026 relative to the TAC in 2025.
*** Advice value 2026 relative to advice value 2025 (0 t).
^ MSY Bescapement cannot be achieved in 2027, even with zero catch.
^^ Blim cannot be achieved in 2027, even with zero catch.