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Ling (Molva molva) in Division 5.b (Faroes grounds) (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: Molva molva
Stock code: lin.27.5b
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19695
Stock Key: 169134

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning-stock biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Catches	Fishing mortality	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 3							Ages 6-10
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes
1988							4488
1989							4652
1990							3857
1991							4512
1992							3614
1993							2856
1994							3622
1995							4070
1996	1586	2084	1207	18100	21887	14969	4896	0.37	0.52	0.27
1997	1802	2382	1364	15315	18350	12781	5657	0.39	0.52	0.30
1998	2858	3689	2215	14851	17728	12441	5359	0.45	0.58	0.34
1999	2990	3870	2310	12903	15349	10847	5238	0.50	0.65	0.38
2000	2902	3745	2248	13056	15372	11089	4109	0.43	0.56	0.33
2001	2519	3254	1949	11609	13585	9920	4609	0.38	0.49	0.28
2002	2482	3206	1921	12489	14584	10696	4139	0.33	0.44	0.25
2003	2739	3514	2135	13556	15895	11562	5453	0.39	0.50	0.30
2004	3101	3974	2420	15198	17863	12931	6039	0.47	0.61	0.36
2005	4039	5219	3126	13447	15800	11444	5849	0.49	0.62	0.38
2006	3823	4924	2968	11928	13975	10181	5213	0.49	0.63	0.38
2007	3669	4724	2849	12081	14091	10358	4731	0.44	0.57	0.34
2008	3927	5065	3045	14368	16728	12341	4747	0.38	0.50	0.29
2009	3842	4970	2970	13783	16062	11827	4643	0.37	0.49	0.29
2010	3146	4057	2439	16217	18962	13870	6129	0.39	0.51	0.29
2011	2151	2778	1666	18595	21798	15862	4843	0.40	0.53	0.31
2012	2541	3270	1975	17560	20645	14936	6011	0.45	0.59	0.34
2013	4592	5907	3569	18889	22258	16030	4133	0.34	0.46	0.25
2014	4730	6100	3667	19732	23386	16650	6655	0.47	0.63	0.35
2015	4220	5470	3256	19916	23472	16898	5976	0.43	0.57	0.33
2016	4222	5453	3269	19558	22885	16715	5890	0.33	0.44	0.25
2017	3277	4299	2499	23364	27246	20035	6195	0.27	0.36	0.199
2018	1572	2062	1199	25359	29678	21668	5185	0.25	0.33	0.181
2019	1038	1385	779	23456	27635	19909	7816	0.31	0.41	0.23
2020	847	1160	618	25520	30172	21585	9427	0.39	0.52	0.30
2021	697	1012	480	21619	25793	18121	7869	0.40	0.53	0.31
2022	928	1456	591	17795	21732	14571	6843	0.40	0.53	0.30
2023	870	1637	462	14143	17880	11186	5269	0.46	0.64	0.33
2024	474	1242	181	10171	13904	7440	5144	0.50	0.81	0.31
2025	870	1038	697	7354	11259	4525
Average	2615	3432	2002	16397.733	19532.467	13779.6	5290	0.40	0.54	0.30

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

Harvested sustainably

B_pa,B_lim

Reduced reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable