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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Subarea 4 and Division 7.d (North Sea and eastern English Channel) (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

Species: Merlangius merlangus
Stock code: whg.27.47d
Assessment Year:2021
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 15613
Stock Key: 169302

Year	Recruitment (age 0)	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning Stock Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	Industrial	Fishing pressure	97.5%	2.5%	LandingsBMS
									Bycatch
				tonnes			tonnes	tonnes	tonnes	Year-1			tonnes
1978	40685696	56024311	29546563	386906	443589	337466	97553	35382	55287	0.65	0.75	0.56
1979	29725244	40396017	21873198	431278	490901	378897	107231	77391	58948	0.64	0.74	0.56
1980	16872504	22631317	12579090	425283	485116	372830	100775	77003	45584	0.76	0.86	0.67
1981	15512459	20680593	11635856	370703	422532	325231	89583	35894	66641	0.77	0.87	0.68
1982	13682956	18173290	10302114	299759	340548	263855	80576	26620	33055	0.63	0.72	0.55
1983	17859789	23679087	13470623	260308	292036	232027	88002	49562	23753	0.69	0.79	0.61
1984	15453599	20521541	11637221	206037	230153	184448	86275	40483	18878	0.80	0.91	0.71
1985	24019471	31950916	18056916	193794	219301	171254	56059	28961	15310	0.77	0.88	0.68
1986	21586680	28590204	16298756	206303	232885	182755	64019	79523	17953	0.84	0.95	0.74
1987	18674788	24697299	14120885	203570	230739	179600	68317	53901	16519	0.95	1.07	0.84
1988	23358277	31099439	17544018	205977	234266	181104	56100	28146	48969	0.81	0.91	0.71
1989	16125958	21223191	12252942	209005	235795	185259	45103	35787	42643	0.87	0.98	0.77
1990	14036807	18454904	10676400	202350	228355	179305	45662	55603	51337	0.79	0.89	0.69
1991	15476111	20139981	11892267	198712	223792	176443	51929	35058	39755	0.66	0.75	0.58
1992	17444205	22678177	13418199	188442	211120	168199	50946	32564	25045	0.63	0.72	0.55
1993	16984436	22085371	13061636	179289	200039	160691	51818	44370	20723	0.67	0.76	0.59
1994	15190205	19771769	11670293	173863	193902	155895	48486	35692	17473	0.69	0.79	0.61
1995	12269889	16036631	9387893	174951	195911	156233	45938	32176	27379	0.66	0.75	0.57
1996	10244438	13579884	7728233	156241	174911	139564	40503	30505	5116	0.60	0.69	0.53
1997	16164421	21371829	12225838	139483	156087	124646	35563	19660	6213	0.49	0.57	0.43
1998	25976121	34359844	19638008	119526	133093	107341	28288	15693	3494	0.45	0.52	0.39
1999	26831680	35548362	20252384	119493	133847	106679	30130	25677	5038	0.51	0.59	0.44
2000	23379703	31092306	17580250	147410	167141	130009	28583	26063	9160	0.58	0.67	0.50
2001	23526676	31396346	17629583	156643	180854	135673	25061	19237	944	0.47	0.56	0.40
2002	13420546	17743112	10151042	152446	176047	132010	20675	18501	7275	0.37	0.45	0.31
2003	12824947	16883695	9741900	137920	158788	119795	16161	26745	2734	0.30	0.36	0.24
2004	14273340	18857153	10803764	132546	152760	115006	13295	19048	1214	0.25	0.30	0.20
2005	13621487	18042688	10283663	121497	139855	105549	15471	12525	888	0.22	0.27	0.176
2006	11103414	14687095	8394158	115618	132117	101179	18535	16310	1924	0.24	0.29	0.20
2007	16492418	21745613	12508263	105168	119972	92191	18915	6971	1088	0.23	0.27	0.188
2008	16688831	22019027	12648928	109132	123705	96275	17951	10296	0	0.22	0.26	0.180
2009	15740978	20801416	11911612	113282	128477	99884	18403	8684	1344	0.25	0.30	0.21
2010	14995406	20025526	11228779	134649	153659	117991	19846	12683	1907	0.28	0.34	0.23
2011	11290558	14969835	8515571	124574	143025	108504	18461	11173	1035	0.25	0.31	0.21
2012	8475192	11390641	6305955	129010	148826	111833	17407	11697	1117	0.25	0.31	0.21
2013	12894319	17241003	9643492	121940	141606	105006	18211	6795	1654	0.25	0.30	0.20
2014	16988265	23104306	12491228	115837	135362	99128	17027	9725	1623	0.28	0.35	0.23
2015	15535141	21285200	11338423	121574	144988	101941	17299	16891	2097	0.32	0.41	0.25
2016	16713651	23011622	12139349	125946	153798	103138	16118	12726	4551	0.32	0.42	0.24
2017	10381577	14444847	7461287	132785	165812	106337	15361	11348	2635	0.28	0.38	0.198
2018	12047844	17106051	8485333	138838	176110	109454	16160	10588	1658	0.23	0.32	0.161
2019	20392302	30431022	13665200	144019	185444	111847	18579	10080	1864	0.23	0.32	0.159
2020	21546571	36224555	12816023	177993	235693	134419	17762	14229	3132	0.185	0.27	0.128
2021	14140017			225375	312644	162466
Average	17287475	23399931	12907282	182624	211036	158394	40794	27627	16162	0.50	0.58	0.42

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2018

2019

2020

2019

2020

2021

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Appropriate

MSY B_trigger

Above trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable