Stock assessment graphs

Year	Low Recruitment	Recruitment	High Recruitment	Low SSB	SSB	High SSB	Landings	Catches	Discards	Low F	F	High F
1999	1713309	2171838	2753082	48065	53771	60154	20180	25598	5420	0.689	0.806	0.943
2000	1498407	1887165	2376786	47350	52925	59155	15644	20045	4400	0.698	0.812	0.944
2001	1136998	1424351	1784327	57323	64285	72093	13196	23070	9877	0.759	0.885	1.032
2002	1013794	1282295	1621907	66520	74369	83143	13640	20977	7336	0.515	0.616	0.738
2003	760038	968603	1234403	64112	71382	79476	11788	22125	10337	0.467	0.561	0.675
2004	634416	798992	1006261	57582	64917	73186	10321	29842	19522	0.6	0.703	0.822
2005	569516	711952	890010	40738	45380	50551	12575	26173	13598	0.662	0.769	0.894
2006	608443	755430	937928	36365	40371	44819	9908	15006	5098	0.56	0.672	0.806
2007	759647	941435	1166725	32904	36995	41596	9424	17863	8439	0.963	1.124	1.311
2008	905141	1121145	1388696	31609	35313	39450	6080	9841	3760	0.586	0.698	0.831
2009	1196698	1491069	1857851	39316	43928	49082	6574	10855	4281	0.531	0.641	0.773
2010	537771	667843	829376	61849	69459	78006	9570	14916	5346	0.444	0.546	0.672
2011	536160	663519	821131	62466	70037	78526	10084	13834	3750	0.349	0.437	0.546
2012	468179	581601	722500	56361	62958	70329	10834	15950	5116	0.324	0.404	0.503
2013	1111154	1395708	1753132	50703	56398	62734	12131	16156	4026	0.337	0.414	0.508
2014	436850	544283	678137	56647	62993	70050	12983	17655	4672	0.376	0.455	0.549
2015	379436	472343	587997	55020	61580	68923	13110	19638	6528	0.466	0.554	0.659
2016	227739	283554	353050	42889	47883	53458	15201	23460	8259	0.625	0.733	0.858
2017	196284	244523	304618	29277	32555	36199	12377	15168	2791	0.647	0.756	0.883
2018	346284	433059	541578	19891	22066	24479	9007	11146	2139	0.784	0.907	1.05
2019	234814	299213	381273	18402	20490	22814	6588	7559	970	0.736	0.857	0.998
2020	204254	273745	366878	20673	23387	26458	5931	7197	1266	0.729	0.859	1.011
2021	158113	220136	306489	16642	19293	22367	6153	7376	1224	0.644	0.787	0.962
2022	72627	103125	146430	13697	16678	20307	5115	7577	2462	0.612	0.809	1.068
2023	63034	100337	159714	11977	15541	20167	4266	4663	397	0.396	0.674	1.147
2024	46201	99321	213517	7789	11058	15700	3233	3675	442	0.251	0.531	1.124
2025	99321	273745	472343	6016	9496	14690


Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b, 7.c, and 7.e–k (southern Celtic Seas, eastern English Channel)
Species:	Stock Assessment Graphs
Stock code:	whg.27.7b-ce-k
Assessment Year:	2025
Key:	20985


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	50818
MSY approach	F_MSY	0.375
Precautionary approach	B_lim	36571
	B_pa	50818
	F_lim
	F_pa	0.46

Age and Length

Recruitment	0
F	2-5


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