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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b, 7.c, and 7.e–k (southern Celtic Seas, eastern English Channel) (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: Merlangius merlangus
Stock code: whg.27.7b-ce-k
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 20985
Stock Key: 169303

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 0								Ages 2-5
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes	%
1999	2171838	2753082	1713309	53771	60154	48065	20180	5420	0.81	0.94	0.69
2000	1887165	2376786	1498407	52925	59155	47350	15644	4400	0.81	0.94	0.70
2001	1424351	1784327	1136998	64285	72093	57323	13196	9877	0.89	1.03	0.76
2002	1282295	1621907	1013794	74369	83143	66520	13640	7336	0.62	0.74	0.52
2003	968603	1234403	760038	71382	79476	64112	11788	10337	0.56	0.68	0.47
2004	798992	1006261	634416	64917	73186	57582	10321	19522	0.70	0.82	0.60
2005	711952	890010	569516	45380	50551	40738	12575	13598	0.77	0.89	0.66
2006	755430	937928	608443	40371	44819	36365	9908	5098	0.67	0.81	0.56
2007	941435	1166725	759647	36995	41596	32904	9424	8439	1.12	1.31	0.96
2008	1121145	1388696	905141	35313	39450	31609	6080	3760	0.70	0.83	0.59
2009	1491069	1857851	1196698	43928	49082	39316	6574	4281	0.64	0.77	0.53
2010	667843	829376	537771	69459	78006	61849	9570	5346	0.55	0.67	0.44
2011	663519	821131	536160	70037	78526	62466	10084	3750	0.44	0.55	0.35
2012	581601	722500	468179	62958	70329	56361	10834	5116	0.40	0.50	0.32
2013	1395708	1753132	1111154	56398	62734	50703	12131	4026	0.41	0.51	0.34
2014	544283	678137	436850	62993	70050	56647	12983	4672	0.46	0.55	0.38
2015	472343	587997	379436	61580	68923	55020	13110	6528	0.55	0.66	0.47
2016	283554	353050	227739	47883	53458	42889	15201	8259	0.73	0.86	0.63
2017	244523	304618	196284	32555	36199	29277	12377	2791	0.76	0.88	0.65
2018	433059	541578	346284	22066	24479	19891	9007	2139	0.91	1.05	0.78
2019	299213	381273	234814	20490	22814	18402	6588	970	0.86	1.00	0.74
2020	273745	366878	204254	23387	26458	20673	5931	1266	0.86	1.01	0.73
2021	220136	306489	158113	19293	22367	16642	6153	1224	0.79	0.96	0.64
2022	103125	146430	72627	16678	20307	13697	5115	2462	0.81	1.07	0.61
2023	100337	159714	63034	15541	20167	11977	4266	397	0.67	1.15	0.40
2024	99321	213517	46201	11058	15700	7789	3233	442	0.53	1.12	0.25
2025	273745	472343	99321	9496	14690	6016
Average	748531	950227	589431	43908	49552	38970	10227	5441	0.69	0.86	0.57

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

Reduced reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable