Advice and Scenarios Database



Black-bellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
ank.27.78abd
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
23768
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.30931946






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch (2027)
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 3–10 total
Fages 3–10 projected landings
Fages 3–10 projected discards
Spawning-stock biomass (SSB)
% SSB change*
% advice change**
2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2028 2028 2027
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach = FMSY 19130 16095 3035 0.163 0.157 0.0063 53961 -4.3 -14.6
Other scenarios
F = MAP^ FMSYlower 13454 11323 2131 0.112 0.108 0.0044 56784 0.71 -40
F = MAP^ FMSYupper 27711 23304 4407 0.24 0.24 0.0095 49712 -11.8 24
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63514 12.6 -100
FPA 28913 24314 4599 0.26 0.25 0.01 49119 -12.9 29
SSB2028 = Blim 107814 90050 17764 1.66 1.6 0.065 12073 -78.6 380
SSB2028 = BPA = MSYBtrigger 97053 81177 15876 1.33 1.28 0.052 16776 -70.3 330
SSB2028 = SSB2027 14253 11994 2258 0.119 0.114 0.0046 56386 0 -36
F = F2026 14161 11917 2244 0.118 0.114 0.0046 56432 0.08 -37
Catch advice 2027 = catch advice 2026 22390 18835 3555 0.193 0.186 0.0075 52344 -7.2 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2028 relative to SSB 2027 (56 386 tonnes).
** Advice value for 2027 relative to advice value for 2026 (22 390 tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).