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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 6.a (West of Scotland)	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.27.6a
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2024
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19089
Stock Key: 169308

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 0								Ages 1-3
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1981	771432	1330348	447333	109887	154463	78174	12194	2132	0.134	0.21	0.087
1982	802649	1318360	488672	94116	126495	70025	13880	5485	0.20	0.29	0.140
1983	1057279	1726720	647377	69323	89123	53923	15962	6294	0.30	0.42	0.21
1984	882653	1438970	541412	49488	61821	39615	16459	4017	0.37	0.52	0.27
1985	755450	1248321	457178	40235	50532	32037	12879	4840	0.43	0.59	0.31
1986	1327500	2202253	800206	34346	43706	26990	8458	2669	0.31	0.43	0.22
1987	508129	841688	306759	39541	49368	31670	11542	11918	0.43	0.59	0.32
1988	761756	1290288	449723	41485	53531	32150	11349	8132	0.50	0.67	0.37
1989	662646	1083895	405113	28222	35767	22269	7523	5876	0.44	0.62	0.32
1990	869151	1407581	536682	26890	35038	20636	5642	4530	0.30	0.43	0.22
1991	1154035	1872867	711101	29820	38033	23381	6657	4883	0.31	0.43	0.22
1992	797123	1289252	492847	36199	45684	28684	6004	9249	0.30	0.42	0.22
1993	810718	1304578	503813	40882	52107	32075	6871	4759	0.26	0.36	0.181
1994	774685	1234716	486052	39459	49490	31461	5900	3455	0.23	0.33	0.165
1995	699336	1110100	440565	39646	49283	31894	6078	5771	0.30	0.42	0.21
1996	652068	1036461	410235	36114	44630	29222	7158	7940	0.41	0.56	0.30
1997	671256	1050122	429078	28854	35744	23291	6291	5251	0.40	0.55	0.29
1998	419217	666076	263848	24813	30716	20044	4628	9216	0.55	0.75	0.41
1999	881000	1398775	554886	19301	24272	15348	4613	3975	0.55	0.76	0.40
2000	345682	546602	218617	18240	22953	14495	3011	13285	0.57	0.78	0.42
2001	214355	355604	129212	18947	24851	14446	2439	4263	0.39	0.56	0.28
2002	286421	454548	180480	15061	19704	11512	1768	2851	0.36	0.53	0.24
2003	222286	345087	143184	11229	14892	8467	1331	1987	0.32	0.50	0.21
2004	124051	195175	78845	10082	13692	7424	799	2889	0.38	0.61	0.24
2005	113382	179452	71637	8222	11681	5788	335	971	0.182	0.29	0.114
2006	72258	116143	44955	7477	10635	5257	378	748	0.150	0.23	0.096
2007	66243	107333	40884	7166	10256	5007	481	367	0.114	0.179	0.073
2008	114582	188514	69645	6651	9579	4618	441	156	0.086	0.135	0.055
2009	319627	532164	191974	6874	9840	4802	480	826	0.114	0.178	0.073
2010	100434	167882	60084	9539	13645	6668	338	1094	0.139	0.22	0.087
2011	207373	340475	126304	13340	20015	8891	229	631	0.076	0.126	0.046
2012	112734	190095	66856	14133	21207	9418	304	771	0.098	0.162	0.059
2013	248821	418488	147941	15249	23373	9949	216	1225	0.126	0.22	0.072
2014	466898	782898	278445	14052	21582	9149	181	748	0.059	0.101	0.034
2015	309414	522528	183218	17964	27579	11701	223	1457	0.070	0.118	0.042
2016	262163	440790	155923	24516	38330	15681	226	1038	0.057	0.098	0.034
2017	200433	347770	115517	26760	41730	17160	178	1326	0.061	0.104	0.036
2018	412457	703446	241840	25452	39313	16479	190	648	0.047	0.081	0.028
2019	470407	808074	273839	23978	36535	15736	502	925	0.058	0.098	0.034
2020	194516	346566	109175	27323	41780	17869	544	826	0.047	0.081	0.028
2021	150456	279646	80949	29372	45082	19136	873	262	0.032	0.056	0.0180
2022	137953	260903	72942	26796	41586	17266	613	123	0.0140	0.025	0.0080
2023	260622	605283	112219	23001	35923	14727	591	119	0.0130	0.024	0.0070
2024	260622	470407	137953	20410	32313	12892
Average	475733	785392	288762	28419.43	38588.16	21077.89	4343	3487	0.24	0.35	0.167

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2021

2022

2023

2022

2023

2024

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Below

MSY B_trigger

Below trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa,B_lim

Increased risk

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable