Stock assessment graphs

Year	Low Recruitment	Recruitment	High Recruitment	Low SSB	SSB	High SSB	Landings	Discards	Low F	F	High F
1981	447333	771432	1330348	78174	109887	154463	12194	2132	0.087	0.134	0.205
1982	488672	802649	1318360	70025	94116	126495	13880	5485	0.14	0.201	0.288
1983	647377	1057279	1726720	53923	69323	89123	15962	6294	0.214	0.301	0.422
1984	541412	882653	1438970	39615	49488	61821	16459	4017	0.269	0.374	0.52
1985	457178	755450	1248321	32037	40235	50532	12879	4840	0.313	0.43	0.59
1986	800206	1327500	2202253	26990	34346	43706	8458	2669	0.218	0.305	0.425
1987	306759	508129	841688	31670	39541	49368	11542	11918	0.32	0.434	0.589
1988	449723	761756	1290288	32150	41485	53531	11349	8132	0.366	0.495	0.67
1989	405113	662646	1083895	22269	28222	35767	7523	5876	0.319	0.443	0.615
1990	536682	869151	1407581	20636	26890	35038	5642	4530	0.216	0.304	0.428
1991	711101	1154035	1872867	23381	29820	38033	6657	4883	0.223	0.311	0.433
1992	492847	797123	1289252	28684	36199	45684	6004	9249	0.215	0.302	0.423
1993	503813	810718	1304578	32075	40882	52107	6871	4759	0.181	0.256	0.361
1994	486052	774685	1234716	31461	39459	49490	5900	3455	0.165	0.233	0.331
1995	440565	699336	1110100	31894	39646	49283	6078	5771	0.214	0.298	0.415
1996	410235	652068	1036461	29222	36114	44630	7158	7940	0.297	0.408	0.56
1997	429078	671256	1050122	23291	28854	35744	6291	5251	0.29	0.401	0.553
1998	263848	419217	666076	20044	24813	30716	4628	9216	0.405	0.553	0.753
1999	554886	881000	1398775	15348	19301	24272	4613	3975	0.398	0.549	0.758
2000	218617	345682	546602	14495	18240	22953	3011	13285	0.418	0.569	0.775
2001	129212	214355	355604	14446	18947	24851	2439	4263	0.275	0.392	0.557
2002	180480	286421	454548	11512	15061	19704	1768	2851	0.244	0.361	0.533
2003	143184	222286	345087	8467	11229	14892	1331	1987	0.211	0.324	0.497
2004	78845	124051	195175	7424	10082	13692	799	2889	0.24	0.381	0.606
2005	71637	113382	179452	5788	8222	11681	335	971	0.114	0.182	0.289
2006	44955	72258	116143	5257	7477	10635	378	748	0.096	0.15	0.234
2007	40884	66243	107333	5007	7166	10256	481	367	0.073	0.114	0.179
2008	69645	114582	188514	4618	6651	9579	441	156	0.055	0.086	0.135
2009	191974	319627	532164	4802	6874	9840	480	826	0.073	0.114	0.178
2010	60084	100434	167882	6668	9539	13645	338	1094	0.087	0.139	0.22
2011	126304	207373	340475	8891	13340	20015	229	631	0.046	0.076	0.126
2012	66856	112734	190095	9418	14133	21207	304	771	0.059	0.098	0.162
2013	147941	248821	418488	9949	15249	23373	216	1225	0.072	0.126	0.221
2014	278445	466898	782898	9149	14052	21582	181	748	0.034	0.059	0.101
2015	183218	309414	522528	11701	17964	27579	223	1457	0.042	0.07	0.118
2016	155923	262163	440790	15681	24516	38330	226	1038	0.034	0.057	0.098
2017	115517	200433	347770	17160	26760	41730	178	1326	0.036	0.061	0.104
2018	241840	412457	703446	16479	25452	39313	190	648	0.028	0.047	0.081
2019	273839	470407	808074	15736	23978	36535	502	925	0.034	0.058	0.098
2020	109175	194516	346566	17869	27323	41780	544	826	0.028	0.047	0.081
2021	80949	150456	279646	19136	29372	45082	873	262	0.018	0.032	0.056
2022	72942	137953	260903	17266	26796	41586	613	123	0.008	0.014	0.025
2023	112219	260622	605283	14727	23001	35923	591	119	0.007	0.013	0.024
2024	137953	260622	470407	12892	20410	32313


Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 6.a (West of Scotland)
Species:	Stock Assessment Graphs
Stock code:	whg.27.6a
Assessment Year:	2024
Key:	19089


Unit weights	tonnes
Unit recruitment	thousands
Fishing pressure description	F
Fishing pressure units
Stock size description	SSB
Stock size units	tonnes


Fish reference points

Management plan	SSB_MP
Management plan	F_MP
MSY approach	MSYB_trigger	25597
MSY approach	F_MSY	0.21
Precautionary approach	B_lim	17286
	B_pa	25597
	F_lim	0.31
	F_pa	0.21

Age and Length

Recruitment	0
F	1-3


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