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DOI: 10.17895/ices.data.6701
Species: Merlangius merlangus
Stock code: whg-scow
Assessment Year:2016
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 7552
Stock Key: 136744

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 1								Ages 2-4
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes	Year-1
1981	199412	239077	159746	134808	149789	119827	12194	2132	0.22	0.26	0.184
1982	165965	200628	131303	92228	102103	82354	13880	5485	0.25	0.30	0.21
1983	197470	235533	159407	63447	70522	56373	15962	6294	0.42	0.49	0.35
1984	327360	379822	274899	46310	52022	40598	16459	4017	0.54	0.62	0.45
1985	311455	358800	264110	42559	47887	37231	12879	4840	0.62	0.72	0.53
1986	292148	334716	249580	38534	43396	33671	8458	2669	0.48	0.56	0.40
1987	405448	471977	338920	41043	45822	36263	11542	11918	0.58	0.67	0.49
1988	107793	130312	85274	41707	46704	36711	11349	8132	0.68	0.79	0.58
1989	327864	371492	284236	22949	26250	19647	7523	5876	0.61	0.70	0.51
1990	175330	212390	138269	33896	38002	29790	5642	4530	0.44	0.51	0.36
1991	246749	293588	199909	27710	31407	24014	6658	4883	0.44	0.52	0.36
1992	338629	396708	280551	30931	35205	26657	6005	9249	0.43	0.51	0.35
1993	269148	317464	220833	43908	50028	37787	6872	4759	0.45	0.54	0.36
1994	284536	337890	231183	38773	44927	32620	5901	3455	0.40	0.49	0.32
1995	303509	353757	253261	39057	46298	31816	6078	5771	0.45	0.56	0.34
1996	191840	232964	150715	42712	50265	35159	7158	7940	0.56	0.70	0.42
1997	177171	224276	130066	34061	40565	27556	6290	5251	0.62	0.78	0.47
1998	233525	300114	166937	24199	30361	18037	4627	9216	0.70	0.86	0.54
1999	168645	225314	111977	21983	28832	15135	4613	3975	0.84	1.02	0.67
2000	261927	345314	178539	16493	22509	10477	3011	13285	0.82	0.99	0.65
2001	109882	144075	75689	18586	24851	12321	2439	4263	0.73	0.89	0.58
2002	42134	60365	23902	13282	17762	8802	1767	2851	0.53	0.66	0.41
2003	64743	88440	41046	8163	11038	5289	1355	719	0.56	0.70	0.43
2004	40492	55431	25552	5905	8068	3742	811	2159	0.60	0.76	0.43
2005	23850	30614	17085	3841	5019	2662	341	629	0.49	0.65	0.33
2006	27953	32974	22932	3491	3984	2999	380	946	0.41	0.49	0.33
2007	14785	18252	11318	3454	3867	3041	427	317	0.32	0.39	0.25
2008	16907	20087	13728	3050	3483	2616	445	314	0.36	0.43	0.28
2009	25932	30033	21832	3499	4045	2953	488	419	0.30	0.36	0.24
2010	64382	76297	52468	2889	3335	2443	307	893	0.22	0.27	0.169
2011	20197	23901	16493	6235	7312	5159	230	339	0.132	0.164	0.100
2012	44057	56040	32073	6158	7257	5058	313	727	0.114	0.145	0.082
2013	23949	31166	16732	7558	9234	5883	222	951	0.082	0.107	0.057
2014	65998	90357	41639	7649	9494	5805	184	583	0.061	0.081	0.041
2015	105780	133982	77577	10020	13027	7012	227	835	0.057	0.078	0.037
2016	87905	146730	29080	16247	20599	11896
Average	160135	194469	125802	27704	32091	23317	5230	4018	0.44	0.54	0.35

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2013

2014

2015

2014

2015

2016

Maximum Sustainable Yield

F_MSY

Appropriate

MSY B_Trigger

Below trigger

Precautionary Approach

F_pa, F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa, B_lim

Reduced reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable