Advice and Scenarios Database



Sole (Solea solea) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
sol.27.7a
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
22641






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Ftotal
Fprojected landings
Fprojected discards
Spawing-stock biomass (SSB)
% SSB change*
% advice change^
Probability of SSB lt Blim (%)^^
2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2028 2028 2028 2028
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: F = FMSY 548 472 76 0.164 0.127 0.037 4267 -0.91 0.55 0.01
Other scenarios
FMSY lower 425 366 59 0.125 0.097 0.028 4375 1.6 -22 0
FMSY upper 607 523 84 0.183 0.142 0.041 4216 -2.1 11.4 0.02
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4771 10.8 -100 0
F = FPA 607 523 84 0.183 0.142 0.041 4216 -2.1 11.4 0.02
SSB2028 = Blim 2944 2505 439 1.4 1.09 0.32 2235 -48 440 50
SSB2028 = Bpa = MSY Btrigger 1871 1603 268 0.69 0.53 0.156 3129 -27 240 9.8
SSB2028 = SSB2027 504 434 70 0.15 0.116 0.034 4306 0 -7.5 0
F = F2026 583 502 81 0.175 0.135 0.04 4238 -1.58 7 0.02




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2028 relative to SSB 2027.
^ Advice value for 2027 relative to the advice value for 2026 (545 tonnes). TAC 2026 was equal to the advice value.
^^ The probability of SSB being below Blim in 2028. This probability relates to the short-term probability of SSB lt Blim and is not comparable to the long-term probability of SSB lt Blim tested in simulations when estimating fishing mortality reference points.