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Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in Subarea 4 (North 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: asfis:TUR+fao:27.4
Stock code: tur.27.4
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 22472
Stock Key: 169295

Year	Recruitment (age 1)	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning Stock Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	Fishing pressure	97.5%	2.5%
									Ages 2-6
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1981	7101	10123	4981	23488	33379	16528	4755		0.26	0.34	0.197
1982	10956	15176	7910	21078	29981	14819	4453		0.27	0.35	0.20
1983	16928	23661	12111	17627	25081	12389	4575		0.31	0.40	0.24
1984	12223	17005	8786	15677	22219	11061	5297		0.35	0.45	0.27
1985	6439	8963	4626	15094	20612	11053	6188		0.41	0.53	0.32
1986	7973	10944	5809	14009	19077	10287	5263		0.39	0.51	0.30
1987	8833	12136	6429	12844	18008	9160	4271		0.34	0.44	0.26
1988	6958	9764	4958	11868	16367	8606	4041		0.36	0.46	0.28
1989	5881	8998	3843	12223	16795	8895	4927		0.46	0.58	0.36
1990	6878	11880	3982	9837	13723	7052	5750		0.65	0.88	0.48
1991	4215	7171	2478	6418	9992	4122	6340		0.61	0.86	0.44
1992	3713	6288	2193	5127	8011	3281	5933		0.56	0.80	0.38
1993	4708	7771	2852	4067	6354	2603	5546		0.52	0.76	0.35
1994	4967	7925	3113	3247	5014	2103	5244		0.46	0.68	0.32
1995	7509	11642	4843	3130	4681	2093	4671		0.41	0.60	0.29
1996	6014	8959	4037	3245	4680	2251	3644		0.38	0.55	0.27
1997	4927	7430	3267	4055	5567	2954	3382		0.40	0.56	0.28
1998	7539	11848	4798	4496	5932	3408	3086		0.51	0.67	0.39
1999	6552	10414	4122	3908	5572	2741	3187		0.47	0.65	0.34
2000	9682	14980	6258	4154	5929	2910	4025		0.47	0.67	0.33
2001	6679	10013	4456	4059	5633	2925	4100		0.48	0.67	0.34
2002	10893	14610	8122	4427	5777	3393	3749		0.53	0.74	0.38
2003	10546	14121	7876	4040	5168	3159	3374		0.63	0.80	0.49
2004	12780	16958	9632	3760	5010	2822	3317		0.46	0.60	0.36
2005	11322	15080	8500	3980	5466	2898	3195		0.40	0.52	0.31
2006	15793	21142	11798	4624	6244	3424	2976		0.31	0.40	0.24
2007	11015	14795	8201	5461	7294	4088	3509		0.30	0.39	0.23
2008	7161	9836	5213	6798	8912	5185	3005		0.34	0.44	0.26
2009	9594	12781	7202	7296	9563	5566	3089		0.30	0.37	0.24
2010	12666	16824	9536	6978	9125	5336	2692		0.34	0.43	0.28
2011	15984	21909	11662	6562	8621	4995	2771		0.31	0.38	0.25
2012	11299	15124	8442	6338	8025	5005	2914		0.28	0.34	0.22
2013	7306	9952	5364	7211	8915	5833	2982	97	0.26	0.32	0.22
2014	13615	18246	10159	7492	9162	6127	2834	158	0.31	0.38	0.25
2015	15389	21116	11216	6254	7655	5110	2922	112	0.35	0.42	0.29
2016	6588	9331	4651	6289	7638	5179	3493	666	0.43	0.53	0.35
2017	9120	12245	6792	7859	9551	6467	3441	496	0.30	0.37	0.25
2018	11501	15339	8623	8068	9888	6583	3140	486	0.41	0.50	0.34
2019	13200	17968	9697	6717	8196	5505	3046	230	0.45	0.55	0.37
2020	8078	10635	6136	6087	7435	4983	3104	199	0.50	0.61	0.41
2021	6264	8380	4682	5598	6903	4539	2659	141	0.54	0.69	0.43
2022	8015	11002	5840	4779	6082	3756	1691	49	0.31	0.41	0.24
2023	9283	12694	6789	4685	6006	3654	1662	195	0.30	0.38	0.23
2024	10615	15245	7391	4870	6338	3741	1750	81	0.25	0.33	0.194
2025	16271	25882	10229	5547	7449	4131	1670	108	0.22	0.30	0.162
2026	8606			6500
Average	9339	13207	6658	7562	10290	5616	3726	232	0.40	0.52	0.30

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2023

2024

2025

2024

2025

2026

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Appropriate

MSY B_trigger

Above trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Undefined

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Below

B_MGT

Above