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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea) (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: Merlangius merlangus
Stock code: whg.27.7a
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 25926
Stock Key: 169305

Year	Recruitment (age 0)	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	F	97.5%	2.5%

	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes
1980	1860105	2709625	1276927	35768	59826	21384	13422	3314	0.38	0.55	0.26
1981	1785255	2490505	1279714	40952	64133	26150	18267	3064	0.40	0.54	0.29
1982	1823838	2492052	1334798	31667	45898	21849	17167	801	0.41	0.55	0.31
1983	1958325	2668201	1437311	24040	32954	17538	10577	1829	0.44	0.58	0.33
1984	1965567	2675314	1444113	20301	27558	14955	11619	3380	0.46	0.61	0.35
1985	1919604	2612015	1410743	18687	25273	13818	15525	2644	0.48	0.63	0.37
1986	1850018	2522710	1356702	17357	23440	12853	10063	2066	0.49	0.64	0.38
1987	1692646	2274479	1259652	16425	22160	12174	10411	3859	0.50	0.64	0.38
1988	1581622	2110545	1185253	15093	20366	11184	10245	1611	0.51	0.66	0.40
1989	1484719	1976240	1115447	13194	17784	9789	11305	2103	0.55	0.71	0.43
1990	1371711	1817831	1035075	11610	15584	8650	8212	2444	0.56	0.71	0.45
1991	1177084	1541162	899015	10080	13501	7525	7348	2598	0.57	0.72	0.46
1992	869780	1138544	664461	8424	11270	6296	8588	4203	0.57	0.71	0.46
1993	817479	1068023	625710	7379	9852	5527	6523	2707	0.56	0.70	0.45
1994	762621	994778	584644	5674	7568	4255	6763	1173	0.57	0.71	0.46
1995	744401	966808	573157	4831	6432	3628	4893	2151	0.59	0.73	0.48
1996	712021	920341	550855	4226	5615	3181	4335	3631	0.66	0.80	0.54
1997	657822	848100	510234	3707	4880	2816	2277	1928	0.69	0.84	0.57
1998	674799	866872	525283	3421	4456	2626	2229	1304	0.78	0.95	0.65
1999	643073	826753	500201	2968	3827	2303	1670	1092	0.87	1.05	0.72
2000	594771	764952	462451	2470	3174	1922	762	2118	0.93	1.11	0.77
2001	602493	778669	466178	2012	2581	1569	733	1012	1.00	1.19	0.84
2002	517967	671407	399593	1724	2204	1349	747	740	1.11	1.31	0.93
2003	486769	637018	371959	1504	1925	1175	517	542	1.16	1.38	0.98
2004	438138	576436	333020	1265	1632	981	133	1246	1.39	1.64	1.19
2005	387912	514023	292741	946	1227	729	125	362	1.57	1.82	1.34
2006	375073	496219	283503	771	1003	592	64	1808	1.63	1.89	1.41
2007	363068	480040	274599	786	1019	605	35	1588	1.55	1.80	1.34
2008	336627	447093	253454	786	1024	604	37	1342	1.40	1.63	1.20
2009	322764	427120	243904	642	842	490	39	1345	1.28	1.50	1.09
2010	319886	422151	242394	553	724	422	30	1195	1.20	1.41	1.02
2011	327091	430417	248569	612	791	473	31	982	1.22	1.43	1.03
2012	313620	414914	237055	661	853	513	60	1338	1.22	1.44	1.03
2013	369453	482329	282993	635	830	487	33	948	1.13	1.34	0.95
2014	385391	500466	296776	726	944	558	23	1951	1.07	1.27	0.90
2015	377576	487490	292445	921	1196	709	28	1521	0.96	1.15	0.80
2016	400760	515135	311779	976	1265	754	15	770	0.93	1.12	0.77
2017	438660	565344	340364	947	1213	739	37	669	0.92	1.12	0.77
2018	464474	602412	358120	1057	1343	832	46	853	0.96	1.15	0.80
2019	458813	594283	354224	1237	1581	968	172	1078	1.05	1.25	0.89
2020	432333	560739	333332	1271	1635	988	88	1030	1.11	1.31	0.93
2021	415011	538853	319631	1177	1520	912	91	1571	1.19	1.43	1.00
2022	370933	492075	279615	1156	1496	894	57	986	1.10	1.31	0.92
2023	388036	529113	284574	1189	1550	912	30	961	0.96	1.18	0.78
2024	348846	501671	242576	1249	1676	931	62	813	0.84	1.08	0.64
2025	327173	506816	211206	1462	2094	1020	31	1089	0.80	1.14	0.56
2026	377576	464474	313650	1365	2122	868
Average	793483	1062182	593617	6934	9826	4925	4032	1690	0.89	1.07	0.73

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

Undefined

B_pa,B_lim

Reduced reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

B_MGT