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Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in Division 3.a and Subarea 4 (Skagerrak, Kattegat, North Sea) (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: Sprattus sprattus
Stock code: spr.27.3a4
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19355
Stock Key: 197909

Year	Recruitment (age 0)	95%	5%	SSB	95%	5%	Catches	Fishing pressure	95%	5%
								Ages 1-2
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes
1974	395307000	703815986	222029092	550749	876910	345901	443039	1.15	1.80	0.74
1975	515815000	904875514	294035047	548638	886462	339556	731782	1.77	2.6	1.21
1976	231803000	403378993	133206319	437460	708945	269938	629980	1.86	2.6	1.30
1977	379838000	642884976	224421027	305567	475060	196546	385214	1.81	2.6	1.27
1978	626428000	1142270916	343536751	319684	500536	204177	459295	1.23	1.97	0.77
1979	351927000	627055298	197514659	525867	871254	317400	464139	0.77	1.43	0.42
1980	206302000	327258001	130051871	406004	688292	239490	387443	2.4	3.3	1.75
1981	61178700	93245256	40139665	273370	404180	184896	280227	1.12	1.70	0.73
1982	37138900	53065794	25992222	173414	258070	116528	163008	0.92	1.36	0.62
1983	50514300	69983798	36461218	89860	122132	66116	115430	1.56	1.99	1.23
1984	24950900	35744380	17416651	68584	90100	52206	113527	0.81	1.21	0.54
1985	16828500	23571466	12014459	69002	91777	51879	62514	1.18	1.60	0.87
1986	60994900	85710685	43406231	25630	34048	19293	27520	0.98	1.41	0.68
1987	35362100	48943223	25549566	57800	78315	42659	53976	0.32	0.50	0.20
1988	50723500	72062392	35703415	62820	81739	48279	103655	1.14	1.49	0.87
1989	42693300	59068654	30857617	48548	64566	36503	58442	0.30	0.54	0.162
1990	61190700	83337152	44929563	46552	61554	35206	78254	1.41	1.83	1.09
1991	104698000	138446544	79176200	91196	119766	69442	125815	0.61	0.94	0.40
1992	102065000	135429634	76920124	129299	164708	101502	156472	0.78	1.10	0.55
1993	134166000	194210183	92685745	172182	219003	135371	209083	1.39	1.75	1.11
1994	117966000	158471747	87813616	136518	185747	100336	425104	0.68	0.94	0.49
1995	34495100	46654743	25504629	199490	261741	152045	447604	1.29	1.65	1.01
1996	63289600	84806110	47232133	113378	143695	89458	95522	1.10	1.45	0.84
1997	54156600	72219244	40611576	116169	148233	91041	125227	0.79	1.10	0.57
1998	117042000	158083724	86655535	144523	182614	114377	189063	1.45	1.78	1.17
1999	74500100	99919838	55547177	146499	191680	111967	243188	0.78	1.10	0.55
2000	69854200	93773541	52036099	194726	249571	151934	222089	1.32	1.71	1.01
2001	60117900	79715103	45338484	130813	168148	101768	153321	1.31	1.72	0.99
2002	78168200	105366838	57990423	118733	151117	93289	175008	1.45	1.81	1.16
2003	107371000	144262493	79913576	147627	190678	114296	175253	1.17	1.53	0.89
2004	179615000	238001316	135551974	188418	244006	145494	231221	1.75	2.1	1.43
2005	61291800	79609722	47188769	243432	314639	188340	280861	1.16	1.50	0.90
2006	82106800	106663124	63203911	180827	227927	143460	78114	1.37	1.73	1.09
2007	63717700	82496943	49213282	144673	181928	115047	99904	1.25	1.61	0.98
2008	140669000	180318237	109738027	109411	136324	87811	69970	1.00	1.37	0.72
2009	106893000	137801916	82916942	194409	242876	155614	171230	0.62	0.90	0.43
2010	101315000	133535210	76869084	186216	229206	151289	147208	0.71	1.01	0.50
2011	86374800	114018023	65433568	162235	200644	131179	122537	0.61	0.91	0.40
2012	71992700	92981083	55741971	133684	165176	108196	96182	1.11	1.42	0.86
2013	187461000	246115975	142784825	103821	129046	83527	60313	0.65	1.20	0.35
2014	207076000	273766704	156631428	227737	290156	178746	190700	0.50	0.72	0.34
2015	122969000	162791724	92887861	336762	425157	266746	297105	1.01	1.34	0.76
2016	185692000	240732844	143235623	229471	289289	182022	227902	1.93	2.3	1.64
2017	238462000	309129109	183949437	189248	239111	149783	135544	1.04	1.38	0.78
2018	224072000	298143041	168403264	226619	283549	181119	191543	1.02	1.36	0.76
2019	201811000	267232133	152405623	241888	306351	190990	137499	0.92	1.31	0.65
2020	144776000	188881417	110969573	321963	409938	252868	181991	1.52	1.91	1.22
2021	155612000	214531044	112874548	157159	196960	125401	80297	1.39	1.86	1.04
2022	179246000	241070772	133276748	165053	216458	125856	89766	0.59	0.99	0.35
2023	94995400	132711280	67998184	224679	288368	175057	92383	2.5	2.9	2.2
2024	285066000	497954831	163192762	97068	126606	74421	83836	0.60	1.00	0.36
2025	169486922			274902	449480	168130
Average	145338204	218159190	98022708	195969	274305	141817	203261	1.14	1.56	0.84

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2022

2023

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2023

2024

2025

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Undefined

MSY B_escapement

Above escapement

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Undefined

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable