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Saithe (Pollachius virens) in subareas 4 and 6 and in Division 3.a (North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak, Kattegat) (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: Pollachius virens
Stock code: pok.27.3a46
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 22504
Stock Key: 169237

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning Stock Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	Fishing pressure	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 3								Ages 4-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1967	197539	280512	139108	178164	218392	145345	88339	12992	0.32	0.40	0.26
1968	212781	297362	152259	255126	311984	208631	113741	20818	0.33	0.41	0.27
1969	424715	594654	303340	304295	369743	250431	130580	19713	0.33	0.40	0.27
1970	391318	542755	282135	396092	475755	329768	235012	35817	0.37	0.45	0.31
1971	445837	613137	324187	476116	570822	397123	265356	43821	0.39	0.47	0.33
1972	276658	378537	202198	472030	568135	392183	261914	34567	0.41	0.49	0.35
1973	241566	330493	176567	486075	589180	401013	242513	32651	0.45	0.53	0.38
1974	235475	323558	171371	522600	636763	428906	298347	38674	0.48	0.57	0.41
1975	305290	416851	223586	483023	588644	396353	271610	33035	0.49	0.57	0.42
1976	456610	636319	327655	414882	500854	343668	343898	79449	0.55	0.64	0.46
1977	198724	273075	144618	338610	407153	281607	216393	23520	0.51	0.60	0.44
1978	145712	199998	106161	317740	382033	264266	155124	21727	0.48	0.56	0.41
1979	111031	152680	80743	285911	343610	237901	128352	14295	0.44	0.52	0.38
1980	107199	148009	77642	259287	311579	215772	131897	13392	0.44	0.51	0.38
1981	229747	317044	166488	261899	312471	219512	132273	15971	0.42	0.49	0.36
1982	172665	236487	126067	253029	297791	214996	174336	27775	0.48	0.56	0.42
1983	193196	263368	141721	243857	285655	208174	180040	22978	0.52	0.60	0.45
1984	312487	427247	228552	233828	273315	200046	200843	39723	0.59	0.68	0.51
1985	451301	619005	329032	218508	253523	188329	220870	52802	0.67	0.78	0.57
1986	416152	579491	298853	203954	236103	176183	198605	34190	0.71	0.83	0.60
1987	186791	255690	136458	193537	225897	165812	167503	24877	0.66	0.76	0.57
1988	177340	241488	130232	174995	205369	149114	135176	19076	0.62	0.71	0.54
1989	129120	176177	94632	150234	177139	127416	108892	15707	0.62	0.71	0.53
1990	181270	247467	132780	140762	165217	119927	103831	20619	0.61	0.71	0.53
1991	200759	272543	147882	134566	156669	115582	108071	22902	0.62	0.71	0.54
1992	134471	176145	102656	138218	159882	119489	99745	15792	0.63	0.72	0.55
1993	233493	303549	179606	152418	175857	132103	111499	21119	0.60	0.69	0.52
1994	161776	213881	122365	152920	177222	131951	109621	17138	0.61	0.71	0.53
1995	280106	371595	211141	163747	190346	140866	121795	19395	0.56	0.65	0.49
1996	159725	213491	119500	155039	181205	132650	114968	13928	0.50	0.57	0.43
1997	208760	283496	153725	177398	207318	151797	107348	12755	0.46	0.53	0.41
1998	117606	158105	87481	159278	187101	135594	106126	11096	0.46	0.52	0.40
1999	163926	218782	122824	176711	205804	151730	110531	8936	0.44	0.51	0.39
2000	138197	186623	102337	194860	224643	169025	85781	8014	0.41	0.47	0.36
2001	279341	369279	211307	236639	271564	206206	91741	11118	0.43	0.49	0.38
2002	192058	251288	146789	231716	266829	201224	110911	18936	0.42	0.49	0.37
2003	207330	271592	158273	244132	281195	211953	110282	11374	0.40	0.46	0.35
2004	150645	198580	114282	211874	244202	183826	107356	6436	0.38	0.43	0.33
2005	204316	271471	153774	233951	269964	202742	118625	2592	0.37	0.43	0.33
2006	115189	153294	86556	242398	279602	210144	120414	8297	0.39	0.45	0.34
2007	204780	270229	155183	251334	288604	218877	94958	11375	0.41	0.47	0.35
2008	108422	142975	82220	281331	324006	244277	121618	8269	0.44	0.51	0.38
2009	86655	116184	64631	260605	301817	225020	110972	3548	0.42	0.49	0.37
2010	148651	197331	111981	236310	275407	202764	102128	2595	0.40	0.46	0.35
2011	129371	171175	97776	197864	231211	169327	98034	3972	0.42	0.48	0.36
2012	209996	274336	160746	174568	203601	149676	78144	8905	0.41	0.47	0.35
2013	135751	177657	103730	168548	196055	144901	79859	7412	0.38	0.44	0.33
2014	93486	123793	70600	178391	206576	154051	76057	6115	0.35	0.41	0.31
2015	131983	173524	100387	188946	218377	163482	76748	4697	0.35	0.40	0.30
2016	165177	216326	126122	176977	205382	152501	67620	10052	0.36	0.41	0.31
2017	128137	168632	97366	171267	199490	147037	88010	6572	0.35	0.41	0.31
2018	63576	84667	47738	173025	199788	149847	88328	7118	0.37	0.43	0.32
2019	67587	91012	50190	176534	203227	153346	92390	4244	0.38	0.44	0.33
2020	45997	61958	34147	170576	197213	147537	73791	3029	0.38	0.44	0.33
2021	82003	109215	61571	151904	176625	130642	50124	827	0.36	0.42	0.31
2022	126282	171237	93129	133980	157642	113870	49558	4250	0.35	0.41	0.30
2023	78254	104924	58363	133598	157157	113570	57795	3246	0.37	0.43	0.32
2024	100901	141330	72037	104613	122948	89012	56074	4229	0.39	0.45	0.33
2025	214587	342609	134403	116722	140907	96689	67683	5698	0.41	0.51	0.34
2026	96955			115676	151239	88201
Average	192780	264479	143037	230553	272397	195233	131697	17189	0.46	0.53	0.39

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