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Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in subareas 1–9, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters)	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: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 21223
Stock Key: 169301

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Catches	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 1							Ages 3-7
				tonnes			tonnes
1981	3939691	6061220	2560733	2843972	3591327	2252142	922980	0.26	0.35	0.191
1982	4654551	7227368	2997613	2297533	2868514	1840207	550643	0.22	0.30	0.166
1983	18416221	28067886	12083460	1852455	2264316	1515509	553344	0.26	0.34	0.194
1984	18224483	27540165	12059905	1755006	2113199	1457529	615569	0.32	0.42	0.25
1985	9615504	14477045	6386519	2096350	2529914	1737088	678214	0.36	0.46	0.28
1986	7228446	10812783	4832283	2276606	2742006	1890198	847145	0.44	0.56	0.34
1987	9150810	13713109	6106371	1932922	2324452	1607341	654718	0.42	0.54	0.33
1988	6388402	9579671	4260238	1637416	1953507	1372470	552264	0.44	0.56	0.34
1989	8504294	12801535	5649558	1546386	1839188	1300198	630316	0.53	0.67	0.41
1990	18916096	28839781	12407122	1359259	1630290	1133286	558128	0.52	0.67	0.40
1991	8961887	13816334	5813077	1779343	2205876	1435286	364008	0.29	0.39	0.22
1992	6703233	10221120	4396126	2457377	3085984	1956815	474592	0.23	0.31	0.174
1993	4976337	7667944	3229540	2536514	3170956	2029010	475198	0.21	0.28	0.153
1994	8127693	12416532	5320277	2528472	3127577	2044129	457696	0.185	0.25	0.138
1995	9301009	14071440	6147826	2305713	2790685	1905021	505176	0.24	0.32	0.183
1996	28218692	42613074	18686627	2208446	2647723	1842049	621104	0.30	0.39	0.23
1997	45157783	68026910	29976746	2471692	2970230	2056831	639681	0.30	0.39	0.23
1998	26757284	40099918	17854208	3686245	4491454	3025391	1131955	0.40	0.52	0.31
1999	20252915	30473656	13460170	4453039	5443727	3642643	1261033	0.39	0.50	0.30
2000	39112927	58940486	25955352	4243985	5091417	3537602	1412449	0.48	0.61	0.37
2001	55819717	83492326	37318888	4580040	5470575	3834472	1771805	0.47	0.60	0.36
2002	48273348	72179805	32284877	5401613	6461760	4515399	1556955	0.47	0.61	0.37
2003	51316123	75722564	34776219	6839438	8201476	5703596	2365319	0.50	0.63	0.39
2004	28595612	42156426	19397020	6711654	7944862	5669865	2400795	0.54	0.68	0.43
2005	21988288	32367009	14937580	5974618	7056909	5058314	2018344	0.50	0.64	0.40
2006	8897990	13238652	5980536	5867072	6944705	4956660	1956239	0.46	0.58	0.36
2007	4680714	6954857	3150185	4656773	5526663	3923802	1612269	0.46	0.59	0.35
2008	5610274	8448287	3725628	3573977	4296362	2973053	1251851	0.40	0.53	0.31
2009	5452063	8427963	3526949	2727634	3357507	2215926	634978	0.26	0.36	0.195
2010	14587776	22121728	9619647	2652233	3323067	2116822	539539	0.183	0.25	0.133
2011	18715371	28086619	12470889	2654782	3300052	2135683	103771	0.054	0.077	0.037
2012	19020408	28073474	12886753	3375645	4090495	2785721	375692	0.113	0.150	0.085
2013	15544186	22865097	10567274	3707535	4411315	3116036	613863	0.197	0.26	0.152
2014	35518806	52539386	24012188	3940046	4634034	3349990	1147650	0.38	0.49	0.30
2015	61604941	90519178	41926681	4068434	4782842	3460736	1390656	0.50	0.63	0.39
2016	33665082	49359299	22960977	4764351	5685044	3992764	1180786	0.44	0.56	0.35
2017	11381798	16819006	7702318	5886534	7071415	4900190	1555069	0.42	0.54	0.33
2018	11748402	17238593	8006740	5756364	6875279	4819546	1709856	0.43	0.56	0.34
2019	13001545	19374277	8724980	4937145	5859382	4160063	1512026	0.40	0.52	0.32
2020	21755724	32614683	14512222	4027164	4746410	3416909	1460507	0.46	0.59	0.36
2021	60179132	90873201	39852541	3719745	4381078	3158242	1139531	0.43	0.55	0.33
2022	62458426	95941831	40660627	4090814	4991889	3352390	1035891	0.44	0.56	0.34
2023	19403589	31527846	11941801	5502534	6950613	4356146	1735017	0.54	0.71	0.42
2024	18832298	33327217	10641616	5705454	7543769	4315112	1789724	0.60	0.84	0.43
2025	22062028			4479189	6521967	3039038	1751013	0.68	1.14	0.40
2026				3645041
Average	21616042	32539484	14358384	3641621	4429151	2997938	1078119	0.38	0.50	0.29

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Maximum sustainable yield

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MSY B_trigger

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Precautionary approach

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Increased risk

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Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

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B_MGT

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