Advice and Scenarios Database



Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in divisions 4.b-c, 7.a, and 7.d-h (central and southern North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel, Bristol Channel, and Celtic Sea)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
bss.27.4bc7ad-h
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
23720
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.30931973






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total removals*
Commercial landings**
Recreational kept**
Commercial discards**
Recreational dead released**
Recreational survival released**
F ages 4-15 removals*
F ages 4-15 commercial catch
F ages 4-15 recreational removals
Spawning stock biomass
% SSB change^
% advice change^^
2026 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2028 2028 2027
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
F = FMSY 5576 1941 2593 796 246 4675 0.17 0.091 0.079 25041 -6.7 7.6
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29748 10.8 -100
EU MAP#: FMSY 5576 1941 2593 796 246 4675 0.17 0.091 0.079 25041 -6.7 7.6
EU MAP#: FMSY lower 4814 1677 2240 685 212 4037 0.145 0.079 0.067 25680 -4.3 -7.1
EU MAP#: FMSY upper 5576 1941 2593 796 246 4675 0.17 0.091 0.079 25041 -6.7 7.6
F = FPA 5576 1941 2593 796 246 4675 0.17 0.091 0.079 25041 -6.7 7.6
SSB2028 = Blim 17042 5859 7850 2587 745 14152 0.65 0.35 0.3 15666 -42 230
SSB2028 = MSY Btrigger = BPA 12481 4316 5773 1844 548 10408 0.43 0.23 0.198 19339 -28 141
SSB2028 = SSB2027 3431 1197 1597 485 152 2880 0.101 0.054 0.046 26842 0 -34
F = F2026 3756 1310 1749 532 166 3153 0.112 0.061 0.051 26569 -1.02 -27
Total removals advice 2027 = total removals advice 2026 5180 1804 2409 738 229 4344 0.157 0.085 0.072 25373 -5.5 0




Symbol Footnotes
* Includes commercial landings, recreational kept, commercial discards, and recreational dead released computed assuming 5% post-release mortality.
** Assumed projections based on recent proportions (2023–2025) of partial F of commercial and recreational removals.
# EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).
^ SSB 2028 relative to SSB 2027.
^^ Advice value for 2027 relative to the advice value for 2026 for sea bass in divisions 4.b–c, 7.a, and 7.d–h stock (5 180 tonne