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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea) (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.27.7a
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 20997
Stock Key: 169305

Year	Recruitment (age 0)	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	F	97.5%	2.5%

				tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1980	1840444	2663381	1271780	35951	59720	21642	13422	3314	0.38	0.55	0.27
1981	1767723	2451844	1274487	41107	63947	26425	18267	3064	0.40	0.54	0.29
1982	1804670	2452258	1328096	31685	45739	21950	17167	801	0.41	0.55	0.31
1983	1934920	2619855	1429055	23878	32554	17514	10577	1829	0.43	0.57	0.33
1984	1942786	2626592	1437002	20127	27171	14910	11619	3380	0.46	0.60	0.35
1985	1901106	2568935	1406888	18515	24899	13769	15525	2644	0.48	0.62	0.37
1986	1838082	2488779	1357511	17204	23089	12819	10063	2066	0.49	0.63	0.38
1987	1674848	2233792	1255764	16309	21852	12173	10411	3859	0.49	0.63	0.38
1988	1564992	2071957	1182072	15062	20159	11254	10245	1611	0.51	0.64	0.40
1989	1488448	1966243	1126757	13194	17619	9880	11305	2103	0.54	0.68	0.42
1990	1358777	1781925	1036112	11651	15485	8766	8212	2444	0.54	0.68	0.43
1991	1144688	1481224	884613	10316	13668	7785	7348	2598	0.54	0.68	0.44
1992	869272	1123225	672736	8687	11468	6581	8588	4203	0.55	0.68	0.44
1993	809946	1045844	627257	7480	9842	5686	6523	2707	0.54	0.67	0.44
1994	752561	971880	582735	5767	7570	4393	6763	1173	0.56	0.69	0.45
1995	727067	936733	564330	4873	6387	3718	4893	2151	0.58	0.71	0.47
1996	698131	896617	543584	4236	5548	3234	4335	3631	0.64	0.78	0.53
1997	641174	822132	500046	3680	4791	2826	2277	1928	0.68	0.82	0.56
1998	657986	841518	514482	3387	4374	2622	2229	1304	0.77	0.93	0.64
1999	616521	789093	481690	2927	3748	2286	1670	1092	0.85	1.01	0.71
2000	573669	734633	447974	2443	3121	1912	762	2118	0.90	1.07	0.76
2001	564282	725553	438858	1980	2525	1553	733	1012	0.97	1.15	0.82
2002	482731	622844	374137	1710	2174	1345	747	740	1.07	1.26	0.91
2003	450209	586009	345879	1459	1855	1147	517	542	1.14	1.34	0.96
2004	403071	527569	307954	1214	1554	948	133	1246	1.35	1.58	1.16
2005	357384	470612	271399	907	1168	705	125	362	1.51	1.76	1.31
2006	343330	451704	260957	742	959	574	64	1808	1.58	1.82	1.37
2007	326945	430598	248244	755	975	584	35	1588	1.49	1.72	1.29
2008	299542	396406	226347	750	973	578	37	1342	1.34	1.55	1.15
2009	287041	379055	217363	621	809	476	39	1345	1.22	1.43	1.04
2010	288364	378906	219458	541	703	416	30	1195	1.17	1.38	1.00
2011	292280	382887	223114	579	744	450	31	982	1.17	1.36	1.00
2012	282854	372017	215061	632	811	493	60	1338	1.15	1.36	0.98
2013	335619	435336	258744	617	800	476	33	948	1.07	1.27	0.91
2014	347924	449043	269576	716	923	555	23	1951	1.01	1.20	0.85
2015	345009	443410	268445	920	1183	716	28	1522	0.90	1.08	0.76
2016	369339	472877	288471	981	1257	765	15	770	0.88	1.06	0.73
2017	403085	516836	314370	947	1205	745	37	668	0.87	1.05	0.73
2018	442346	568972	343901	1045	1319	828	46	853	0.89	1.07	0.75
2019	448319	576063	348904	1223	1550	965	172	1078	0.96	1.14	0.81
2020	448004	578476	346959	1323	1686	1039	88	1030	0.98	1.17	0.82
2021	450565	588355	345044	1304	1670	1018	91	1571	0.99	1.19	0.82
2022	417956	567354	307899	1487	1907	1159	57	987	0.90	1.11	0.74
2023	422970	605427	295500	1534	2028	1160	30	961	0.86	1.13	0.66
2024	420535	644583	274363	1223	1727	866	62	813	0.87	1.24	0.61
2025	347936	450530	282879	1423	2220	912
Average	786640	1047606	591713	7068	9945	5057	4121	1704	0.85	1.03	0.70

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