Advice and Scenarios Database



Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) in divisions 8.c and 9.a (Cantabrian Sea and Atlantic Iberian waters)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
meg.27.8c9a
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
22577
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.30932156






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 2–4 total
Fages 2–4 projected landings
Fages 1–2 Projected discards
SSB
% SSB change*
% advice change^^
2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2028 2028 2027
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 1985 1935 51 0.173 0.134 0.06 8341 -12.7 -8.1
F = MAP^ FMSY lower 1342 1308 34 0.112 0.087 0.039 9110 -4.6 -8
F = MAP^ FMSY upper 2987 2908 78 0.284 0.216 0.097 7151 -25 -8.3
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10718 12.2 -100
FPA 4292 4177 116 0.45 0.348 0.156 5611 -41 99
SSB (2028) = BPA= MSYBtrigger 8643 8359 284 1.99 1.58 0.69 725 -92 300
SSB (2028) = Blim 8842 8545 297 2.245 1.734 0.779 532 -94 310
SSB2028 = SSB2027 974 949 25 0.079 0.061 0.028 9549 0 -55
F = F2026 829 808 21 0.067 0.052 0.023 9724 1.82 -62
Catch advice 2027 = Catch advice 2026 2161 2105 56 0.191 0.147 0.066 8132 -14.8 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2028 relative to SSB 2027 (9 549 tonnes).
^ The EU multiannual plan (MAP; EU, 2019).
^^ Advice values for 2027 relative to the corresponding 2026 values (FMSY 2161 tonnes, FMSY lower 1458 tonnes, FMSY upper 3257 tonnes). All other scenarios are relative to the 2026 value for the FMSY scenario (2161 tonnes).