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Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in subareas 1–9, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters) (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: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 25908
Stock Key: 169301

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Total	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 1						Catch	Ages 3-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes
1981	3973449	6135782	2573152	2847001	3594805	2254758	922980	0.26	0.36	0.192
1982	4729882	7365524	3037364	2296715	2867384	1839620	550643	0.23	0.30	0.167
1983	18388937	28120477	12025152	1849144	2261534	1511953	553344	0.26	0.34	0.193
1984	18096712	27440682	11934506	1755833	2116913	1456343	615569	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9522599	14378925	6306444	2099726	2537184	1737694	678214	0.36	0.46	0.27
1986	7213139	10827713	4805205	2277253	2746112	1888444	847145	0.44	0.56	0.34
1987	9160119	13775836	6090940	1935108	2330684	1606672	654718	0.42	0.54	0.33
1988	6425183	9667079	4270470	1636102	1955401	1368942	552264	0.44	0.57	0.34
1989	8488276	12823742	5618550	1546366	1842577	1297774	630316	0.52	0.67	0.41
1990	19000495	29069710	12419072	1360597	1634246	1132770	558128	0.52	0.68	0.40
1991	9086556	14039932	5880762	1781695	2211105	1435680	364008	0.29	0.39	0.22
1992	6662790	10194110	4354747	2460454	3092483	1957597	474592	0.23	0.32	0.173
1993	4903881	7584535	3170669	2540392	3179129	2029988	475198	0.20	0.28	0.152
1994	8140749	12471164	5314003	2533319	3136544	2046107	457696	0.185	0.25	0.137
1995	9327333	14155291	6146051	2303999	2791391	1901708	505176	0.24	0.32	0.183
1996	28175352	42679291	18600367	2207277	2648756	1839380	621104	0.30	0.39	0.23
1997	45420596	68661184	30046534	2473744	2976429	2055957	639681	0.30	0.40	0.23
1998	26712106	40175368	17760549	3698406	4513101	3030778	1131955	0.40	0.52	0.31
1999	20306032	30651024	13452566	4477767	5483593	3656434	1261033	0.39	0.50	0.30
2000	39580787	59836498	26181992	4255923	5115512	3540776	1412449	0.47	0.61	0.37
2001	55614996	83474486	37053572	4593891	5498290	3838254	1771805	0.46	0.60	0.36
2002	48602191	72864165	32418857	5410245	6482641	4515251	1556955	0.48	0.61	0.37
2003	51199584	75708812	34624733	6842883	8219662	5696712	2365319	0.50	0.63	0.39
2004	28218446	41774576	19061371	6718321	7963389	5667918	2400795	0.54	0.68	0.42
2005	21634654	31954671	14647570	5973886	7064372	5051733	2018344	0.50	0.64	0.39
2006	8703753	12961063	5844839	5865017	6952114	4947908	1956239	0.45	0.58	0.35
2007	4668227	6950358	3135428	4657359	5534245	3919413	1612269	0.46	0.59	0.35
2008	5624269	8490119	3725791	3579361	4307250	2974479	1251851	0.40	0.53	0.30
2009	5584904	8662487	3600716	2739506	3372906	2225052	634978	0.26	0.36	0.194
2010	14579607	22136197	9602595	2663141	3339442	2123803	539539	0.181	0.25	0.130
2011	18993060	28520602	12648272	2669894	3319827	2147201	103771	0.053	0.078	0.037
2012	18977406	28121963	12806429	3399506	4121536	2803964	375692	0.113	0.150	0.085
2013	15631607	23062507	10594994	3720908	4430824	3124737	613863	0.197	0.26	0.151
2014	35947033	53247884	24267428	3958952	4661055	3362608	1147650	0.38	0.49	0.29
2015	61889969	91232729	41984584	4090619	4811833	3477503	1390656	0.50	0.63	0.39
2016	33534589	49369546	22778591	4783932	5709571	4008358	1180786	0.44	0.57	0.35
2017	11360360	16846375	7660863	5900538	7092019	4909230	1555069	0.42	0.54	0.33
2018	11763302	17311678	7993176	5760685	6888193	4817736	1709856	0.43	0.56	0.34
2019	13164805	19660345	8815313	4943718	5873992	4160773	1512026	0.41	0.52	0.31
2020	22025156	32951231	14721985	4039067	4764603	3424012	1460507	0.46	0.59	0.36
2021	62550195	93742791	41736830	3766394	4427456	3204034	1139531	0.42	0.54	0.33
2022	65355457	98474520	43375035	4196459	5067562	3475097	1035891	0.43	0.55	0.33
2023	21035449	32627949	13561689	5725154	7063964	4640084	1735017	0.52	0.67	0.41
2024	23071202	37017255	14379250	6024876	7567166	4796925	1789724	0.54	0.72	0.41
2025	38731655	67985905	22065472	5087028	6694232	3865695	1766808	0.51	0.73	0.36
2026	39366774			4546442	6608321	3127896	1110513	0.40	0.66	0.25
2027				5060667
Average	22633557	33671202	14735433	3724580	4497203	3041212	1079167	0.37	0.49	0.29

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2024

2025

2026

2025

2026

2027

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