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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: Viking Substock
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19663
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	100334	174001	57856	14690	22741	9490	30898	0.63	0.76	0.52
1984	112122	206222	60960	18971	28960	12428	36765	0.71	0.88	0.58
1985	32054	60274	17047	14721	22217	9754	36273	0.71	0.87	0.58
1986	109079	204478	58188	11164	16654	7484	28887	0.74	0.91	0.60
1987	55326	100765	30377	13656	20154	9253	26563	0.70	0.85	0.57
1988	50358	92814	27322	9223	13656	6229	24028	0.65	0.79	0.53
1989	77062	140908	42145	12380	18378	8339	23741	0.70	0.86	0.57
1990	40102	74004	21731	10620	15835	7123	22483	0.75	0.91	0.61
1991	43440	80048	23573	10493	15744	6993	19618	0.73	0.89	0.60
1992	82984	153236	44940	15279	22720	10275	18363	0.68	0.83	0.56
1993	55726	98620	31488	9014	13548	5997	20307	0.69	0.84	0.56
1994	103407	184381	57995	13023	19404	8741	20830	0.69	0.84	0.57
1995	74721	135747	41129	12583	18657	8487	26151	0.77	0.93	0.64
1996	49845	88292	28139	16828	24683	11473	24717	0.79	0.95	0.66
1997	120273	210291	68789	14487	21186	9906	19181	0.72	0.86	0.60
1998	16962	29688	9691	15703	22802	10815	19281	0.76	0.90	0.64
1999	41764	74462	23425	13746	19818	9535	17185	0.79	0.94	0.66
2000	60216	104211	34795	12599	18193	8726	13537	0.76	0.90	0.63
2001	26664	47411	14996	9002	12902	6281	11439	0.66	0.79	0.55
2002	38179	69178	21071	10187	14563	7126	10530	0.62	0.75	0.51
2003	24756	43860	13973	8376	11951	5871	9744	0.59	0.72	0.49
2004	51790	92912	28869	10242	14656	7158	7574	0.58	0.71	0.48
2005	35749	62335	20502	9467	13566	6607	7433	0.53	0.65	0.43
2006	71289	124674	40763	7671	11000	5349	6192	0.49	0.61	0.39
2007	31849	56423	17978	9340	13471	6475	8100	0.45	0.56	0.37
2008	38827	68508	22005	11992	17354	8287	9139	0.49	0.60	0.39
2009	45917	81330	25924	10914	16042	7426	8958	0.46	0.56	0.37
2010	68327	118030	39554	9987	14670	6799	8504	0.42	0.51	0.34
2011	35294	61521	20248	11419	16859	7735	9396	0.37	0.46	0.30
2012	59499	104927	33738	11657	17239	7883	10761	0.37	0.46	0.30
2013	62775	108438	36340	13601	20298	9114	10488	0.35	0.44	0.28
2014	77546	133570	45020	14540	21720	9733	9584	0.31	0.39	0.25
2015	39769	68614	23050	16608	24571	11225	11414	0.31	0.39	0.25
2016	24330	42441	13947	17558	25977	11867	15623	0.36	0.45	0.29
2017	54148	94138	31145	23510	34557	15995	17457	0.46	0.57	0.37
2018	18086	31672	10328	17856	26183	12178	13854	0.53	0.67	0.42
2019	33049	58625	18631	13009	19191	8819	9278	0.46	0.58	0.37
2020	70615	124748	39973	10015	14779	6786	5848	0.36	0.45	0.29
2021	34006	59120	19561	7717	11454	5199	6726	0.29	0.36	0.23
2022	48755	88218	26945	10126	15049	6814	8173	0.28	0.36	0.22
2023	32673	61058	17484	12596	18645	8509	9673	0.31	0.40	0.24
2024	7800	17668	3444	13395	19832	9047	10520	0.34	0.46	0.25
2025	14658	49378	4351	12750	19271	8435
Average	52840	94913	29522	12621	18631	8553	15838	0.56	0.68	0.45

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