Advice and Scenarios Database



Greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) in divisions 5.b and 6.a (Faroes grounds and west of Scotland)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
aru.27.5b6a
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
23736
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.30931958






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings*
Projected discards
F 6–14
F Projected landings*
F Projected discards*
Spawning-stock biomass
% SSB change*
% total allowable catch (TAC) change**
% advice change^
Probability SSB above Blim in 2028^^
2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2028 2028 2027 2027 2028
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (ratio) (t) (%) (%) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach:FMSY 22865 0.24 91306 -5 24 0
Other scenarios
F = 0 0 0 111006 15 -100 0
F = Fsq 17442 0.178 95906 0 -5 0.1
F = Fpa 30160 0.33 85297 -11 64 0.4
SSB(2028) = Blim 61490 0.83 59730 -38 233 50
SSB(2028) = Bpa 32891 0.37 82999 -14 78 0
SSB(2028) = MSY Btrigger 32891 0.37 82999 -14 78 0
SSB(2027) = SSB(2028) 16692 0.169 96660 0 -9 0




Symbol Footnotes
* ICES cannot estimate projected landings and discards.
** SSB 2028 relative to SSB 2027 (96 380 tonnes).
*** The percent change in TAC is not presented because the advice area and TAC unit do not match.
^ Advice value for 2027 relative to advice value for 2026 (18 441 tonnes).
^^ This probability relates to the short-term probability of SSB <; Blim and is not comparable to the long-term probability of SSB <; Blim tested in simulations when estimating fishing mortality reference points.
^^^ These reference points have not been estimated for this stock.