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Saithe (Pollachius virens) in subareas 4 and 6 and in Division 3.a (North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak, Kattegat) (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: Pollachius virens
Stock code: pok.27.3a46
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19578
Stock Key: 169237

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning Stock Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	Fishing pressure	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 3								Ages 4-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1967	197413	281682	138355	167342	204896	136672	88339	12992	0.32	0.40	0.26
1968	212875	298587	151767	242281	296282	198122	113741	20818	0.33	0.41	0.27
1969	422722	593584	301043	289471	351810	238178	130580	19713	0.33	0.40	0.27
1970	391303	544071	281430	380408	456830	316771	235012	35817	0.38	0.45	0.31
1971	442807	610863	320985	448718	537447	374637	265356	43821	0.40	0.47	0.33
1972	276949	380127	201776	444906	535268	369799	261914	34567	0.42	0.49	0.35
1973	241678	331638	176121	459413	557109	378849	242513	32651	0.45	0.53	0.38
1974	235427	324379	170868	498445	608125	408547	298347	38674	0.48	0.57	0.41
1975	306677	419942	223962	465211	568004	381020	271610	33035	0.49	0.57	0.42
1976	451435	631207	322864	402185	486575	332430	343898	79449	0.55	0.64	0.46
1977	199479	274844	144779	326335	393458	270663	216393	23520	0.51	0.60	0.44
1978	145336	200139	105539	302912	365250	251214	155124	21727	0.48	0.56	0.41
1979	110769	152840	80279	272678	328443	226382	128352	14295	0.44	0.52	0.38
1980	107049	148364	77238	248403	299240	206203	131897	13392	0.44	0.51	0.38
1981	228344	316186	164906	251870	301255	210581	132273	15971	0.42	0.49	0.36
1982	172638	237151	125674	244035	287527	207123	174336	27775	0.48	0.56	0.42
1983	193656	264759	141648	231655	271233	197852	180040	22978	0.52	0.60	0.45
1984	312883	428763	228322	224456	262361	192028	200843	39723	0.59	0.68	0.51
1985	451312	620525	328242	211254	245205	182003	220870	52802	0.67	0.77	0.57
1986	416418	580775	298574	197662	228892	170693	198605	34190	0.71	0.83	0.60
1987	187584	257542	136629	185498	216442	158979	167503	24877	0.66	0.76	0.57
1988	176931	241605	129569	165725	194339	141325	135176	19076	0.62	0.71	0.53
1989	129710	177519	94777	143715	169481	121867	108892	15707	0.62	0.71	0.53
1990	181496	248424	132599	135001	158545	114953	103831	20619	0.61	0.70	0.53
1991	201440	274398	147880	130011	151496	111573	108071	22902	0.62	0.71	0.54
1992	134138	175487	102532	127352	147525	109937	99745	15792	0.63	0.72	0.54
1993	234994	305895	180527	134451	155470	116274	111499	21119	0.60	0.68	0.52
1994	165064	218789	124531	137632	159814	118529	109621	17138	0.61	0.71	0.53
1995	281639	374505	211801	153628	178760	132030	121795	19395	0.56	0.64	0.48
1996	160214	213930	119985	161729	188584	138699	114968	13928	0.49	0.56	0.43
1997	207673	282272	152788	191329	223415	163851	107348	12755	0.46	0.53	0.40
1998	117885	158729	87550	181166	212438	154497	106126	11096	0.46	0.52	0.40
1999	166499	222870	124387	177215	206841	151832	110531	8936	0.44	0.50	0.39
2000	141040	190854	104228	190393	219630	165048	85781	8014	0.41	0.46	0.35
2001	287545	378809	218269	213352	245557	185370	91741	11118	0.43	0.49	0.37
2002	190799	250504	145324	224724	258757	195167	110911	18936	0.42	0.48	0.37
2003	205467	269797	156476	239668	275997	208121	110282	11374	0.40	0.46	0.35
2004	151446	199110	115192	207708	238822	180647	107356	6436	0.37	0.43	0.33
2005	205303	273440	154145	225156	259377	195449	118625	2592	0.37	0.43	0.32
2006	115838	154117	87067	236654	272257	205706	120414	8297	0.39	0.44	0.34
2007	210832	275520	161332	243808	279672	212542	94958	11375	0.40	0.46	0.35
2008	110163	145752	83264	272827	313846	237168	121618	8269	0.44	0.51	0.38
2009	87377	117347	65061	247335	286408	213592	110972	3548	0.42	0.49	0.37
2010	148783	197828	111897	219593	256385	188081	102128	2595	0.40	0.46	0.35
2011	131442	173334	99674	196852	229540	168818	98034	3972	0.41	0.47	0.36
2012	211718	275925	162451	176194	205042	151404	78144	8905	0.40	0.46	0.35
2013	135717	178398	103247	173498	201317	149523	79859	7412	0.38	0.43	0.33
2014	93569	123264	71028	178021	205942	153886	76057	6115	0.35	0.40	0.30
2015	133324	174947	101604	199612	229763	173419	76748	4697	0.34	0.39	0.30
2016	165709	216814	126650	184618	213381	159733	67620	10052	0.35	0.40	0.30
2017	132782	173329	101720	183111	212122	158068	88010	6572	0.34	0.40	0.30
2018	64960	86923	48547	182816	210443	158816	88328	7118	0.36	0.41	0.31
2019	67669	91297	50156	181968	209035	158406	92390	4244	0.37	0.43	0.32
2020	47157	63609	34960	174835	201474	151718	73791	3029	0.37	0.43	0.32
2021	86146	114983	64541	155244	179874	133987	50124	827	0.34	0.40	0.30
2022	135392	185822	98648	138612	162444	118276	49558	4250	0.32	0.38	0.28
2023	84375	118153	60254	142514	167682	121124	57795	3246	0.33	0.39	0.28
2024	90081	141329	57416	119541	142531	100260	56074	4229	0.34	0.41	0.28
2025	94008			135337	171745	105472
Average	193069	264890	143329	226747	267753	192100	132801	17387	0.45	0.52	0.39

Fishing pressure

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Maximum sustainable yield

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MSY B_trigger

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Precautionary approach

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Harvested sustainably

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Increased risk

Management plan

F_MGT

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B_MGT

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