Stock assessment graphs

Year	Low Recruitment	Recruitment	High Recruitment	Low SSB	SSB	High SSB	Landings	Discards	Low F	F	High F
1981	428985	769896	1381724	75795	110230	160310	12193.8280026338	2131.79899816703	0.088	0.138	0.217
1982	475255	804238	1360950	68083	94431	130975	13880.2419962584	5485.13500264491	0.137	0.2	0.293
1983	607214	1019865	1712944	52657	69645	92112	15962.1700017538	6294.15599870248	0.207	0.295	0.422
1984	512454	856117	1430247	38868	49885	64024	16459.3670000307	4016.77899926338	0.263	0.371	0.524
1985	438898	741322	1252132	31218	40217	51809	12879.3710009029	4840.22699988724	0.305	0.426	0.594
1986	721063	1234546	2113691	26146	34067	44388	8457.67399798082	2669.30300149031	0.223	0.315	0.445
1987	300670	509669	863947	30372	38727	49380	11544	11918	0.313	0.429	0.589
1988	414289	712792	1226371	31041	40911	53920	11352	8132	0.354	0.486	0.668
1989	384964	645389	1081989	21647	28068	36394	7531	5876	0.311	0.438	0.618
1990	512688	853108	1419566	19796	26362	35105	5643	4530	0.216	0.309	0.442
1991	671962	1122355	1874632	22390	29256	38228	6660	4883	0.217	0.307	0.434
1992	483209	802200	1331772	27887	36033	46558	6004	9249	0.207	0.295	0.419
1993	485787	803011	1327386	31626	41240	53776	6872	4759	0.178	0.256	0.366
1994	470848	771559	1264321	31142	39928	51191	5901	3455	0.165	0.237	0.341
1995	436090	711481	1160781	31490	39993	50792	6076	5771	0.211	0.297	0.42
1996	411548	669060	1087699	28884	36463	46031	7156	7940	0.286	0.399	0.557
1997	419009	670378	1072546	23308	29488	37308	6285	5251	0.287	0.403	0.564
1998	273053	444602	723929	19861	25115	31758	4631	9216	0.393	0.545	0.755
1999	519716	845859	1376671	15249	19585	25152	4613	3975	0.395	0.552	0.773
2000	217872	353949	575015	14273	18341	23570	3010	13285	0.405	0.562	0.781
2001	134588	227389	384178	14342	19221	25760	2438	4263	0.274	0.397	0.576
2002	182362	296625	482482	11342	15202	20376	1709	2851	0.233	0.353	0.534
2003	142170	225823	358698	8424	11458	15585	1331	1984	0.201	0.316	0.499
2004	80472	129714	209087	7416	10354	14457	798	2887	0.216	0.355	0.582
2005	70969	114840	185831	5816	8458	12299	335	972	0.11	0.18	0.295
2006	45567	74919	123177	5259	7662	11162	378	746	0.093	0.149	0.239
2007	40926	67587	111618	4984	7307	10714	481	366	0.072	0.115	0.184
2008	63938	107532	180849	4605	6787	10004	441	156	0.055	0.089	0.143
2009	177500	304626	522802	4787	7008	10259	480	826	0.072	0.113	0.18
2010	61300	105414	181275	6547	9553	13939	345	1091	0.083	0.133	0.215
2011	123735	209273	353945	8860	13520	20631	231	630	0.046	0.077	0.13
2012	64150	111692	194465	9377	14349	21959	300	742	0.055	0.093	0.156
2013	140971	242988	418829	9915	15493	24207	215	1172	0.062	0.11	0.195
2014	260736	448978	773125	9006	14091	22047	181	745	0.034	0.059	0.103
2015	185425	320826	555102	11516	17970	28040	221	1458	0.041	0.069	0.118
2016	153901	265900	459406	15659	24874	39511	227	1040	0.033	0.057	0.098
2017	118493	212950	382704	17399	27670	44004	168	1331	0.034	0.059	0.103
2018	229159	401511	703492	16656	26319	41589	189	666	0.026	0.046	0.08
2019	240471	425626	753344	15740	24562	38327	484	960	0.032	0.055	0.095
2020	95456	173831	316557	17524	27515	43202	541	834	0.027	0.047	0.083
2021	69568	129875	242461	18117	28577	45077	852	261	0.02	0.036	0.065
2022	67597	124294	228545	15590	24896	39756	628	123	0.011	0.019	0.034
2023	124176	234104	441347	12942	20720	33171	558	118	0.011	0.02	0.036
2024	187374	385197	791873	11262	18045	28915	267	449	0.017	0.03	0.055
2025	124294	265900	425626	11951	19372	31401


Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 6.a (West of Scotland)
Species:	Stock Assessment Graphs
Stock code:	whg.27.6a
Assessment Year:	2025
Key:	20988


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


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