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Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in subareas 1-9, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters) (Link to advice)	Download graphs and tables(.doc) Download stock data (XML) Download standard graphs (zip) - regular size Download standard graphs (zip) - powerpoint size View on the map View source data
DOI: 10.17895/ices.data.7170
Species: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Year:2018
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 10099
Stock Key: 169301

Year	Recruitment	High	Low	SSB	High	Low	Catches	F	High	Low
	Age 1							Ages 3-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	Year-1
1981	3943692	6171224	2520198	2843780	3640508	2221416	922980	0.26	0.36	0.186
1982	4664381	7383007	2946828	2303718	2913988	1821256	550643	0.22	0.30	0.162
1983	18115304	28059578	11695267	1858444	2299072	1502264	553344	0.26	0.34	0.190
1984	18014177	27639865	11740672	1752199	2130531	1441049	615569	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9611988	14685653	6291195	2088626	2544764	1714249	678214	0.36	0.47	0.27
1986	7249682	11002687	4776823	2271261	2762068	1867669	847145	0.44	0.57	0.34
1987	9122396	13876349	5997119	1931350	2345128	1590580	654718	0.42	0.55	0.32
1988	6427638	9783063	4223067	1637240	1971313	1359781	552264	0.44	0.57	0.34
1989	8537748	13044327	5588110	1547528	1857550	1289249	630316	0.53	0.69	0.41
1990	18736561	29063658	12078959	1360082	1647312	1122934	558128	0.52	0.68	0.39
1991	8988548	14103339	5728713	1779458	2229791	1420075	364008	0.29	0.40	0.21
1992	6713109	10398504	4333876	2459581	3124481	1936174	474592	0.23	0.32	0.170
1993	4998700	7837980	3187939	2540869	3213523	2009014	475198	0.20	0.28	0.149
1994	8135997	12637610	5237893	2535365	3171744	2026669	457696	0.184	0.25	0.134
1995	9335808	14346906	6074990	2312732	2827686	1891556	505176	0.24	0.32	0.179
1996	27984503	42911611	18249895	2212106	2678269	1827081	621104	0.30	0.39	0.22
1997	44654015	68314138	29188410	2467411	2992161	2034689	639681	0.30	0.40	0.23
1998	26698034	40590846	17560241	3674788	4521274	2986783	1131955	0.40	0.53	0.31
1999	20324984	31053766	13302894	4438043	5484320	3591370	1261033	0.39	0.51	0.30
2000	39079520	59843181	25520182	4235751	5129742	3497561	1412449	0.48	0.62	0.37
2001	55497740	84311145	36531341	4571904	5511112	3792756	1771805	0.47	0.61	0.36
2002	48380225	73556421	31821100	5397878	6518552	4469870	1556955	0.47	0.62	0.36
2003	52143422	78120861	34804230	6834267	8287133	5636111	2365319	0.50	0.64	0.39
2004	27840934	42105293	18409030	6730016	8072237	5610974	2400795	0.54	0.69	0.42
2005	21854787	32817581	14554141	5976941	7169991	4982409	2018344	0.51	0.65	0.39
2006	8915416	13538385	5871058	5824060	7021375	4830917	1956239	0.46	0.59	0.35
2007	4873765	7426981	3198282	4641908	5614809	3837586	1612269	0.46	0.60	0.35
2008	5730029	8858823	3706275	3584601	4400090	2920250	1251851	0.40	0.54	0.30
2009	5577076	8932002	3482285	2755802	3474958	2185478	634978	0.26	0.36	0.187
2010	14802057	23068329	9497910	2676765	3445491	2079551	539539	0.182	0.26	0.128
2011	18517015	28616700	11981809	2681413	3434960	2093175	103771	0.052	0.078	0.035
2012	18200627	27716214	11951951	3379349	4219058	2706766	375692	0.113	0.154	0.083
2013	15173469	23077923	9976381	3665883	4491716	2991885	613863	0.20	0.27	0.150
2014	34951221	54066761	22594064	3870679	4702926	3185710	1147650	0.39	0.51	0.30
2015	57777072	90577896	36854356	4001425	4919409	3254742	1390656	0.52	0.68	0.40
2016	29276819	47626416	17996990	4575498	5903228	3546395	1180786	0.47	0.65	0.35
2017	9104584	16249224	5101379	5508728	7560914	4013548	1555069	0.47	0.70	0.32
2018	11037772	25300070	4815497	5422226	8197337	3586596	1712874	0.45	0.79	0.26
2019				4326857
Average	19499758	30229324	12615562	3453244	4274487	2759898	1002491	0.36	0.48	0.27

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Maximum sustainable yield

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MSY B_trigger

Above trigger

Precautionary approach

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Harvested sustainably

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Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

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B_MGT

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