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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b, 7.c, and 7.e–k (southern Celtic Seas, eastern English Channel)
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Species:
Merlangius merlangus
Stock code:
whg.27.7b-ce-k
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:
2026
Purpose:
Advice
Assessment Key:
23780
Stock Key:
169303
Year
Recruitment
97.5%
2.5%
SSB
97.5%
2.5%
Landings
Discards
F
97.5%
2.5%
Age 0
Ages 2
thousands
thousands
tonnes
tonnes
ratio
1999
1987943
2811464
1405643
55390
68578
44739
20180
5420
0.78
1.07
0.56
2000
1878001
2611586
1350477
53399
65574
43484
15644
4400
0.82
1.09
0.61
2001
1327609
1842211
956756
63391
77880
51597
13196
9877
0.88
1.17
0.65
2002
1171171
1622231
845528
72636
89537
58925
13640
7336
0.69
0.91
0.52
2003
924320
1257462
679439
67850
82937
55507
11788
10337
0.52
0.70
0.38
2004
1012249
1366056
750078
60956
73943
50251
10321
19522
0.67
0.89
0.51
2005
668130
902736
494494
45233
54494
37546
12575
13598
0.73
0.96
0.55
2006
805832
1079369
601615
42631
51590
35227
9908
5098
0.71
0.96
0.52
2007
884754
1184604
660802
36491
44287
30068
9424
8439
1.03
1.33
0.80
2008
1139762
1525914
851331
35660
42903
29640
6080
3760
0.67
0.90
0.51
2009
1482557
2004337
1096609
44124
52846
36842
6574
4281
0.59
0.80
0.43
2010
579153
784795
427396
70161
84350
58358
9570
5346
0.54
0.74
0.40
2011
657178
883297
488945
68890
83024
57163
10084
3750
0.44
0.60
0.31
2012
656704
890466
484309
60691
72840
50569
10834
5116
0.43
0.60
0.31
2013
1379236
1908831
996575
54705
65150
45935
12131
4026
0.40
0.55
0.29
2014
481710
657447
352948
62832
74994
52643
12983
4672
0.42
0.57
0.30
2015
545102
742590
400135
61419
74878
50379
13110
6528
0.56
0.77
0.42
2016
330146
449703
242375
47500
58039
38874
15201
8259
0.75
1.00
0.57
2017
278699
380856
203944
33240
40576
27230
12377
2791
0.74
0.99
0.56
2018
464766
665193
324729
23822
29127
19482
9007
2139
0.93
1.22
0.71
2019
341088
531943
218709
22402
27690
18123
6588
970
0.82
1.10
0.61
2020
404563
665533
245924
26454
35002
19993
5931
1266
0.94
1.26
0.70
2021
254353
410972
157420
21981
31987
15105
6153
1224
0.71
1.17
0.44
2022
94655
146991
60953
20970
33877
12981
5115
2462
0.59
1.39
0.25
2023
96963
147077
63924
20168
36351
11189
4266
397
0.36
1.25
0.106
2024
120359
197741
73258
15596
31841
7639
3233
442
0.30
0.88
0.102
2025
223357
446506
111730
13014
27752
6103
2024
412
0.24
0.57
0.102
2026
108661
223357
94655
15223
32597
8461
Average
724965
1012188
522882
43458.18
55165.86
34787.61
9924
5254
0.64
0.94
0.45
Fishing pressure
Stock size
2023
2024
2025
2024
2025
2026
Maximum sustainable yield
F
MSY
Below
MSY B
trigger
Below trigger
Precautionary approach
F
pa
Undefined
B
pa
,B
lim
Reduced reproductive capacity
Management plan
F
MGT
B
MGT