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Cod (Gadus morhua) in Subarea 4, in divisions 6.a and 7.d, and in Subdivision 20 (North Sea, West of Scotland, eastern English Channel, Skagerrak)	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: Gadus morhua
Stock code: cod.27.46a7d20
Assessment Component: Northwestern Substock
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19661
Stock Key: 255566

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning Stock Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Total	Fishing Pressure	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 1						Catch	Ages 2-4
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes
1983	485860	730369	323206	56820	79240	40744	124015	0.81	0.93	0.71
1984	705249	1186282	419273	52638	73129	37888	146872	0.94	1.12	0.79
1985	217360	352117	134176	51346	69324	38031	134546	0.94	1.11	0.80
1986	617300	1003035	379906	35453	46911	26794	108884	0.98	1.15	0.83
1987	368304	581758	233169	47717	63267	35989	120948	0.93	1.10	0.79
1988	141601	223022	89905	36909	48287	28212	91109	0.88	1.04	0.74
1989	501989	789355	319239	60205	77104	47011	91924	0.95	1.12	0.81
1990	154300	242601	98139	43660	57276	33281	87320	1.02	1.20	0.87
1991	221082	345321	141542	42593	55871	32470	66249	1.00	1.17	0.85
1992	530724	803332	350625	55451	71590	42951	81465	0.93	1.09	0.79
1993	247560	366515	167213	53664	69276	41570	94026	0.93	1.10	0.79
1994	528984	842480	332144	65462	84693	50598	88511	0.94	1.10	0.80
1995	317602	485567	207739	49869	65187	38150	111288	1.05	1.22	0.90
1996	158151	242400	103184	56598	72719	44051	85989	1.08	1.27	0.93
1997	597300	917907	388674	55682	72564	42728	75848	1.01	1.18	0.86
1998	68584	104321	45089	41750	53920	32326	67481	1.09	1.26	0.94
1999	96646	151706	61569	33372	42608	26137	39227	1.11	1.29	0.96
2000	200838	303242	133015	28028	35831	21925	33858	1.07	1.24	0.92
2001	65633	101321	42515	22924	29229	17979	28476	0.93	1.08	0.80
2002	96320	151340	61303	25377	32814	19625	23277	0.90	1.05	0.77
2003	56697	87123	36897	20401	26238	15862	18364	0.83	0.98	0.70
2004	86786	136102	55340	18797	24395	14483	13026	0.81	0.96	0.68
2005	71474	113631	44958	15020	19604	11507	12544	0.73	0.86	0.61
2006	270473	401026	182421	17350	22796	13205	11712	0.66	0.80	0.55
2007	87319	137879	55300	21303	27673	16399	22476	0.62	0.75	0.52
2008	97619	150718	63227	33076	43153	25352	23267	0.66	0.80	0.55
2009	171864	254753	115944	26261	34358	20073	21786	0.61	0.73	0.51
2010	212578	307214	147094	33733	43200	26341	23983	0.56	0.67	0.47
2011	95756	141924	64607	41260	52643	32338	26881	0.49	0.59	0.41
2012	147506	223090	97531	53279	67389	42123	28630	0.49	0.59	0.40
2013	202760	298008	137956	63564	80375	50269	28694	0.46	0.56	0.38
2014	249065	362811	170981	48910	62182	38470	29288	0.42	0.51	0.35
2015	154181	220967	107580	64353	81085	51074	34524	0.42	0.51	0.35
2016	100262	144854	69397	67447	85727	53064	41563	0.47	0.57	0.39
2017	271091	388300	189262	73516	93718	57669	43004	0.57	0.68	0.47
2018	64727	94093	44526	49653	63053	39100	36324	0.65	0.79	0.54
2019	138905	198257	97321	38688	49086	30493	25063	0.56	0.67	0.47
2020	176537	259509	120094	33617	42260	26742	17752	0.45	0.54	0.37
2021	128521	184732	89414	36764	45975	29399	20901	0.36	0.45	0.30
2022	152396	226885	102362	58054	72751	46326	21992	0.35	0.44	0.29
2023	106626	160641	70773	56714	71058	45266	26856	0.39	0.49	0.32
2024	39135	63050	24292	44308	56465	34769	24957	0.42	0.55	0.32
2025	64887	201786	20866	40171	53973	29899
Average	220199	341427	142785	43529	56279	33690	53688	0.75	0.89	0.63

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2022

2023

2024

2023

2024

2025

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Above

MSY B_trigger

Below trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Undefined

B_pa,B_lim

Increased risk

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable