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Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Division 7.d (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: Pleuronectes platessa
Stock code: ple.27.7d
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 22484
Stock Key: 169186

Year	Recruitment (age 1)	97.5%	2.5%	Spawing Stock Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	Fishing pressure	97.5%	2.5%
									Ages 3-6
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1980	53377	72535	39279	20293	26342	15634	2223	778	0.32	0.47	0.22
1981	32651	43200	24678	17944	22545	14282	4009	1231	0.43	0.61	0.31
1982	52731	69282	40134	17675	21858	14293	4040	1091	0.48	0.67	0.34
1983	46794	61283	35730	17458	21338	14284	4093	1035	0.47	0.64	0.34
1984	61668	81140	46869	16110	19452	13343	4248	1131	0.53	0.71	0.40
1985	71208	93138	54441	18531	22132	15516	5000	1622	0.51	0.66	0.39
1986	125314	166508	94312	25662	30125	21861	5673	1922	0.56	0.71	0.44
1987	78686	102440	60440	38525	45336	32736	7006	2387	0.52	0.66	0.41
1988	52640	69075	40115	28438	33231	24337	8785	2640	0.52	0.66	0.41
1989	34935	44923	27168	24528	28610	21028	7093	1714	0.55	0.69	0.43
1990	41115	52403	32259	23163	27179	19740	7349	1869	0.57	0.72	0.46
1991	53441	67769	42143	18364	21560	15642	6362	2008	0.61	0.75	0.49
1992	64796	82563	50853	18720	21877	16020	5219	1900	0.54	0.66	0.44
1993	34572	43942	27200	19763	23079	16923	4479	1836	0.42	0.53	0.34
1994	34965	45277	27002	15641	18313	13358	5047	1638	0.55	0.67	0.45
1995	60517	77227	47422	14916	17380	12802	4195	1668	0.52	0.63	0.42
1996	65146	82040	51731	17484	20379	14999	4430	1572	0.59	0.73	0.49
1997	87128	114845	66100	16819	19654	14393	5180	1508	0.80	0.98	0.65
1998	39153	49631	30887	20792	24496	17649	4831	1588	0.60	0.76	0.48
1999	44772	57584	34810	16197	18921	13865	5267	1460	0.59	0.76	0.47
2000	38718	49279	30420	13336	15624	11383	4521	1755	0.50	0.63	0.39
2001	39646	51198	30700	14555	17185	12328	4380	1844	0.48	0.60	0.38
2002	52463	66611	41321	20829	24595	17639	5118	1680	0.58	0.73	0.47
2003	30257	38419	23829	17974	21263	15194	3452	1255	0.43	0.56	0.34
2004	35455	45402	27687	18924	22567	15869	4101	1157	0.51	0.66	0.39
2005	29771	37850	23417	16493	20010	13595	3443	880	0.49	0.66	0.36
2006	30389	39644	23294	14975	18329	12235	2912	761	0.39	0.53	0.28
2007	40493	52326	31335	16827	20598	13747	3219	1161	0.45	0.61	0.33
2008	38518	50130	29595	14919	18750	11872	3540	682	0.43	0.59	0.31
2009	65169	85729	49540	19025	23901	15145	2848	964	0.39	0.56	0.28
2010	97479	127874	74309	25902	32736	20496	3656	1955	0.43	0.63	0.29
2011	104831	138395	79406	38220	49021	29800	2911	1521	0.23	0.35	0.151
2012	66989	87318	51392	41837	53145	32935	3047	1822	0.23	0.34	0.151
2013	79685	102469	61966	42668	54661	33306	3404	2190	0.22	0.33	0.151
2014	115976	148857	90358	49209	62811	38553	3193	2591	0.188	0.27	0.131
2015	90635	117304	70029	60045	75304	47877	2983	3502	0.25	0.34	0.177
2016	73528	95749	56463	57357	71375	46092	3620	4137	0.29	0.40	0.21
2017	73398	93994	57314	49359	61775	39438	3679	4081	0.33	0.45	0.24
2018	70298	91910	53768	36458	45908	28953	4028	3705	0.47	0.65	0.34
2019	92988	119730	72219	38195	48229	30249	2887	5443	0.42	0.59	0.30
2020	57960	74328	45196	42315	53811	33275	1790	1531	0.33	0.48	0.23
2021	47700	64750	35140	32226	40948	25363	1506	4176	0.46	0.66	0.33
2022	68811	94083	50328	25997	33218	20345	1240	4593	0.51	0.71	0.36
2023	43429	61744	30547	23778	31656	17860	655	2122	0.43	0.63	0.30
2024	52556	80688	34232	21361	29924	15249	575	1513	0.38	0.59	0.25
2025	65433	119113	35945	21729	31990	14760	487	1827	0.38	0.63	0.23
2026	55422			24657	37943	15599
Average	59438	78515	45290	25664	31938	20678	3951	1988	0.45	0.60	0.34

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2023

2024

2025

2024

2025

2026

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

Above

B_MGT

Increased risk