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Greater silver smelt (Argentina silus) in divisions 5.b and 6.a (Faroes grounds and west of Scotland) (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: Argentina silus
Stock code: aru.27.5b6a
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19688
Stock Key: 169058

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning-stock biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	Fishing mortality	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 5
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1988							8211
1989							20808
1990							9683
1991							4786
1992							6974
1993							2132
1994							8595
1995	80128	95262	67399	122241	135337	110412	17224		0.143	0.186	0.110
1996	84315	97989	72549	106064	117333	95876.6	15130		0.127	0.164	0.098
1997	92434	105375	81083	106685	118074	96393.3	15327		0.154	0.197	0.120
1998	100371	114330	88116	100206	110894	90548.3	23135		0.29	0.36	0.23
1999	103180	117054	90951	91051.5	100397	82575.9	16614		0.23	0.29	0.184
2000	104757	118465	92634	92636.8	102061	84082.8	12245		0.160	0.20	0.125
2001	110203	125821	96524	95564.6	105215	86799.1	24546		0.31	0.39	0.25
2002	106825	121052	94270	90417.4	99082.3	82510.2	19226		0.25	0.32	0.200
2003	109235	124760	95642	91398.5	100095	83457.6	8623		0.111	0.145	0.085
2004	103566	117378	91380	98539.8	108009	89900.9	10997		0.067	0.088	0.050
2005	102971	116974	90644	105166	115275	95943.3	12606		0.095	0.125	0.072
2006	98607	112134	86711	116521	127747	106281	17699		0.113	0.147	0.088
2007	96505	109968	84690	125057	137268	113932	23035		0.100	0.130	0.078
2008	92263	105952	80342	120424	132381	109548	20142		0.142	0.181	0.112
2009	90997	104504	79236	114776	126499	104140	21007		0.173	0.22	0.137
2010	91411	104621	79870	110152	121935	99507.1	21846		0.25	0.31	0.20
2011	91492	104747	79914	98929.2	109851	89093.4	22969		0.31	0.39	0.25
2012	94620	108080	82836	91211.9	101198	82211.3	16432		0.191	0.24	0.149
2013	95237	108926	83268	86389.2	96097	77662	16618		0.29	0.37	0.23
2014	100129	114488	87572	81220.8	90193.3	73141	15663	1581	0.197	0.25	0.154
2015	108036	124552	93710	82251.8	91618	73843.1	17548	270	0.196	0.25	0.154
2016	110318	127668	95326	85461.5	95667.6	76344.2	16330	1663	0.194	0.25	0.151
2017	111488	129494	95985	81505.5	91816.7	72352.3	16806	270	0.21	0.27	0.164
2018	110405	128551	94820	80603.3	91499.1	71004.9	16112	187	0.149	0.195	0.113
2019	106021	123807	90791	80899.2	92427.2	70809.1	17910	86	0.178	0.23	0.137
2020	102394	121002	86649	86634	100034	75029.3	17141	127	0.139	0.184	0.104
2021	102840	123340	85747	92744.8	107899	79718.8	13085	157	0.156	0.21	0.115
2022	99236	121550	81018	95516.7	112156	81346.2	19068	242	0.20	0.28	0.146
2023	92311	118106	72149	86099	103064	71926.9	12597	192	0.126	0.182	0.088
2024	98994	127587	76809	96346.9	117001	79338.6	20781	272	0.24	0.37	0.159
2025	97045	121430	76744	87029.4	109967	66711.6
Average	99624	115967	85657	96765.879	108648.103	86207.723	15666	459	0.184	0.24	0.142

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2022

2023

2024

2023

2024

2025

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Appropriate

MSY B_trigger

Above trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Appropriate

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable