Advice and Scenarios Database



Greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) in subareas 1, 2, and 4, and in Division 3.a (Northeast Arctic, North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
aru.27.123a4
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
2.11
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
22376
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.30931952






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total Catch (2027)
Fishing mortality F2027/FMSY
Stock Size B2028/BMSY
% biomass change**
% advice change***
Total Catch (2028)
Fishing mortality F2028/FMSY
Stock Size B2029/BMSY
% biomass change^
% advice change^^
2027 2027 2028 2028 2027 2028 2028 2029 2029 2028
(t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach (15th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY) 18377 0.76 1.3 -0.76 10.4 18189 0.76 1.28 -1.54 -1
Other scenarios
F = FMSY 23735 1 1.24 -5.3 42.6 22534 1 1.18 -9.2 22.6
F = F2026 = Fsq 18948 0.78 1.29 -1.5 13.9 18674 0.78 1.27 -2.3 1.6
F = 0* 0 0 1.5 14.5 -100 0 0 1.66 26.9 -100




Symbol Footnotes
* These biomass values are calculated with 0.01 × Fsq
** Biomass 2028 relative to biomass 2027 (1.31)
*** Advice value for 2027 relative to the advice value for 2026 (16640 tonnes
^ Biomass 2029 relative to biomass 2028 (1.3
^^ Advice value for 2028 relative to the advice value for 2027 (18 377 tonnes)