Advice and Scenarios Database



Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) in Division 6.b (Rockall)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
lez.27.6b
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
2
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
26027






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
Fishing mortality F/FMSY
Stock size B/BMSY
% B change **
% advice change***
2027 2027 2027 2027 2028 2028 2027
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach (35th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY) 1169 1135 34 0.91 1.4 -6.7 -3
Other scenarios
FMSY 1278 1241 37 1 1.38 -8.2 6.1
F2025 656 637 19 0.49 1.51 0.34 -46
F=0 0 0 0 0 1.64 9.3 -100




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculations were done with unrounded inputs, and computed values may not match exactly when calculated using the rounded figures in the table.
** Biomass 2028 relative to biomass 2027.
*** Advice value for 2027 relative to the advice value for 2026 (1205tonnes).