Stock assessment graphs

Year	Low Recruitment	Recruitment	High Recruitment	Low SSB	SSB	High SSB	Landings	Catches	Discards	Low F	F	High F
1980	1271780	1840444	2663381	21642	35951	59720	13422	16856	3314	0.27	0.38	0.55
1981	1274487	1767723	2451844	26425	41107	63947	18267	21450	3064	0.29	0.4	0.54
1982	1328096	1804670	2452258	21950	31685	45739	17167	18088	801	0.31	0.41	0.55
1983	1429055	1934920	2619855	17514	23878	32554	10577	12524	1829	0.33	0.43	0.57
1984	1437002	1942786	2626592	14910	20127	27171	11619	15118	3380	0.35	0.46	0.6
1985	1406888	1901106	2568935	13769	18515	24899	15525	18288	2644	0.37	0.48	0.62
1986	1357511	1838082	2488779	12819	17204	23089	10063	12248	2066	0.38	0.49	0.63
1987	1255764	1674848	2233792	12173	16309	21852	10411	14389	3859	0.38	0.49	0.63
1988	1182072	1564992	2071957	11254	15062	20159	10245	11975	1611	0.4	0.51	0.64
1989	1126757	1488448	1966243	9880	13194	17619	11305	13526	2103	0.42	0.54	0.68
1990	1036112	1358777	1781925	8766	11651	15485	8212	10775	2444	0.43	0.54	0.68
1991	884613	1144688	1481224	7785	10316	13668	7348	10065	2598	0.44	0.54	0.68
1992	672736	869272	1123225	6581	8687	11468	8588	12910	4203	0.44	0.55	0.68
1993	627257	809946	1045844	5686	7480	9842	6523	9349	2707	0.44	0.54	0.67
1994	582735	752561	971880	4393	5767	7570	6763	8055	1173	0.45	0.56	0.69
1995	564330	727067	936733	3718	4873	6387	4893	7163	2151	0.47	0.58	0.71
1996	543584	698131	896617	3234	4236	5548	4335	8085	3631	0.53	0.64	0.78
1997	500046	641174	822132	2826	3680	4791	2277	4324	1928	0.56	0.68	0.82
1998	514482	657986	841518	2622	3387	4374	2229	3652	1304	0.64	0.77	0.93
1999	481690	616521	789093	2286	2927	3748	1670	2881	1092	0.71	0.85	1.01
2000	447974	573669	734633	1912	2443	3121	762	2999	2118	0.76	0.9	1.07
2001	438858	564282	725553	1553	1980	2525	733	1864	1012	0.82	0.97	1.15
2002	374137	482731	622844	1345	1710	2174	747	1606	740	0.91	1.07	1.26
2003	345879	450209	586009	1147	1459	1855	517	1178	542	0.96	1.14	1.34
2004	307954	403071	527569	948	1214	1554	133	1498	1246	1.16	1.35	1.58
2005	271399	357384	470612	705	907	1168	125	606	362	1.31	1.51	1.76
2006	260957	343330	451704	574	742	959	64	1991	1808	1.37	1.58	1.82
2007	248244	326945	430598	584	755	975	35	1742	1588	1.29	1.49	1.72
2008	226347	299542	396406	578	750	973	37	1497	1342	1.15	1.34	1.55
2009	217363	287041	379055	476	621	809	39	1503	1345	1.04	1.22	1.43
2010	219458	288364	378906	416	541	703	30	1343	1195	1	1.17	1.38
2011	223114	292280	382887	450	579	744	31	1132	982	1	1.17	1.36
2012	215061	282854	372017	493	632	811	60	1517	1338	0.98	1.15	1.36
2013	258744	335619	435336	476	617	800	33	1100	948	0.91	1.07	1.27
2014	269576	347924	449043	555	716	923	23	2093	1951	0.85	1.01	1.2
2015	268445	345009	443410	716	920	1183	28	1669	1522	0.76	0.9	1.08
2016	288471	369339	472877	765	981	1257	15	913	770	0.73	0.88	1.06
2017	314370	403085	516836	745	947	1205	37	853	668	0.73	0.87	1.05
2018	343901	442346	568972	828	1045	1319	46	1019	853	0.75	0.89	1.07
2019	348904	448319	576063	965	1223	1550	172	1349	1078	0.81	0.96	1.14
2020	346959	448004	578476	1039	1323	1686	88	1243	1030	0.82	0.98	1.17
2021	345044	450565	588355	1018	1304	1670	91	1773	1571	0.82	0.99	1.19
2022	307899	417956	567354	1159	1487	1907	57	1162	987	0.74	0.9	1.11
2023	295500	422970	605427	1160	1534	2028	30	1094	961	0.66	0.86	1.13
2024	274363	420535	644583	866	1223	1727	62	973	813	0.61	0.87	1.24
2025	282879	347936	450530	912	1423	2220


Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea)
Species:	Stock Assessment Graphs
Stock code:	whg.27.7a
Assessment Year:	2025
Key:	20997


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	2322
MSY approach	F_MSY	0.21
Precautionary approach	B_lim	1670
	B_pa	2322
	F_lim
	F_pa	0.78

Age and Length

Recruitment	0
F


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