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Ling (Molva molva) in Division 5.a (Iceland grounds)	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.27.5a
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 22475
Stock Key: 169135

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Total	Fishing Pressure	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 2						Catch	Ages 8-11
							tonnes
1979	2692	4099	1768	17744	22716	13861	5315	0.42	0.62	0.29
1980	2871	4061	2030	16828	21529	13154	4645	0.47	0.70	0.31
1981	3178	4353	2320	15326	19566	12005	4520	0.51	0.77	0.34
1982	3507	4744	2592	13954	17675	11017	4990	0.62	0.90	0.42
1983	3748	5031	2793	12389	15490	9908	5123	0.71	0.97	0.52
1984	3721	4976	2782	10662	13183	8624	3880	0.63	0.81	0.48
1985	3502	4663	2630	10332	12501	8540	3449	0.54	0.69	0.42
1986	3662	4880	2749	10647	12605	8994	3596	0.50	0.63	0.40
1987	3949	5280	2954	11941	13935	10233	4974	0.58	0.72	0.47
1988	3789	5051	2842	12333	14248	10675	5846	0.65	0.79	0.53
1989	3365	4461	2537	11802	13580	10257	5547	0.64	0.78	0.53
1990	2896	3829	2190	11747	13542	10189	5560	0.66	0.79	0.55
1991	2634	3488	1990	10217	11751	8883	5780	0.70	0.83	0.58
1992	2659	3513	2012	9772	11043	8647	5086	0.67	0.80	0.55
1993	2920	3857	2210	9315	10366	8370	4046	0.57	0.69	0.48
1994	2817	3729	2128	11525	12726	10436	4114	0.53	0.62	0.45
1995	2651	3515	1999	11836	13034	10748	4015	0.56	0.66	0.48
1996	2614	3469	1970	11619	12775	10568	4125	0.59	0.69	0.51
1997	2670	3544	2012	10464	11534	9494	3906	0.58	0.68	0.50
1998	3035	4014	2294	10544	11656	9537	4394	0.59	0.69	0.51
1999	3733	4922	2832	10709	11837	9689	4624	0.65	0.76	0.56
2000	4462	5876	3387	10665	11820	9623	3284	0.48	0.56	0.41
2001	4725	6241	3578	11566	12803	10449	3362	0.46	0.54	0.39
2002	6037	7933	4594	12859	14201	11645	4519	0.52	0.61	0.45
2003	7442	9804	5648	14829	16369	13434	4270	0.49	0.58	0.42
2004	9021	11964	6803	17163	18911	15576	4606	0.50	0.58	0.42
2005	10057	13374	7563	20016	22035	18182	5198	0.47	0.55	0.40
2006	11559	15477	8633	23177	25495	21070	7404	0.55	0.63	0.47
2007	11704	15679	8737	27989	30861	25384	7591	0.50	0.58	0.43
2008	11427	15166	8611	30905	34183	27941	9283	0.53	0.62	0.46
2009	10751	14400	8026	34301	37968	30989	10945	0.55	0.64	0.47
2010	7178	9464	5445	33071	36713	29791	11131	0.52	0.61	0.44
2011	4970	6590	3749	26318	29369	23584	9626	0.45	0.53	0.38
2012	3753	5054	2787	32856	36672	29438	11817	0.53	0.63	0.44
2013	4097	5503	3051	33082	37038	29548	11581	0.43	0.52	0.36
2014	3933	5324	2906	39099	43938	34793	14246	0.47	0.56	0.39
2015	4113	5536	3056	37316	42257	32953	13035	0.48	0.58	0.40
2016	5311	7209	3913	41472	47486	36220	9884	0.38	0.46	0.31
2017	4499	6047	3347	36979	42627	32079	8766	0.37	0.45	0.30
2018	3751	5035	2795	38790	44734	33635	8062	0.33	0.40	0.27
2019	3505	4726	2600	33075	38392	28495	8269	0.34	0.42	0.28
2020	2995	4084	2196	33929	39758	28955	7061	0.29	0.36	0.24
2021	3184	4400	2303	31976	37579	27209	7128	0.27	0.33	0.21
2022	2650	3810	1843	36276	42910	30667	7657	0.25	0.32	0.20
2023	3220	4876	2126	36870	44089	30833	8560	0.26	0.33	0.21
2024	4138	6945	2466	37100	45199	30453	8868	0.30	0.39	0.24
2025	4494	8545	2363	35787	45490	28154	9791	0.32	0.42	0.24
2026	4235	8817	2034	33627	46193	24479
Average	4663	6403	3421	21933	25466	18946	6670	0.50	0.61	0.41

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2023

2024

2025

2024

2025

2026

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Above

MSY B_trigger

Above trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Undefined

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Above

B_MGT

Above