Advice and Scenarios Database



White anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) in Subarea 7 and divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
mon.27.78abd
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
23756
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.30932153






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fages 3–15 total
Fages 3–15 projected landings
Fages 3–15 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 36980 32978 4002 0.192 0.19 0.00153 66744 1.32 2.5
Other scenarios
F = MAP^^ FMSYlower 26015 23204 2811 0.131 0.13 0.00104 71154 8.02 -28
F = MAP^^ FMSYupper 40429 36051 4378 0.212 0.21 0.00168 65359 -0.78 12
F = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81641 24 -100
FPA 40429 36051 4378 0.212 0.21 0.00168 65359 -0.78 12
SSB2028 = Blim 145694 129434 16259 1.176 1.17 0.0093 23868 -64 303
SSB2028 = BPA = MSYBtrigger 134169 119280 14890 1.013 1.01 0.008 28275 -57 271
SSB2028 = SSB2027 39146 34908 4238 0.205 0.2 0.00163 65874 0 8.5
F = F2026 17621 15719 1902 0.087 0.086 0.00069 74534 13.2 -51
Catch advice 2027 = catch advice 2026 36090 32185 3905 0.187 0.185 0.00149 67102 1.86 0




Symbol Footnotes
* SSB 2028 relative to SSB 2027 (65 874 tonnes).
^ Advice value for 2027 relative to advice value for 2026 (36 090 tonnes).
^^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).