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Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in subareas 1–9, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters)
Species:
Stock Assessment Graphs
Stock code:
whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Year:
2025
Key:
21223
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
F
MP
MSY approach
MSYB
trigger
2250000
F
MSY
0.32
Precautionary approach
B
lim
1500000
B
pa
2250000
F
lim
F
pa
0.32
Age and Length
Recruitment
1
F
3-7
Fish data
Year
Low Recruitment
Recruitment
High Recruitment
Low TBiomass
TBiomass
High TBiomass
Low SSB
SSB
High SSB
Landings
Catches
Low F
F
High F
1981
2560733
3939691
6061220
2693619
3340997
4143964
2252142
2843972
3591327
922980
922980
0.191
0.26
0.354
1982
2997613
4654551
7227368
2252331
2765596
3395826
1840207
2297533
2868514
550643
550643
0.166
0.222
0.298
1983
12083460
18416221
28067886
2361772
2888871
3533608
1515509
1852455
2264316
553344
553344
0.194
0.256
0.338
1984
12059905
18224483
27540165
2510218
3097959
3823313
1457529
1755006
2113199
615569
615569
0.245
0.32
0.416
1985
6386519
9615504
14477045
2656346
3240768
3953768
1737088
2096350
2529914
678214
678214
0.277
0.357
0.46
1986
4832283
7228446
10812783
2595186
3119168
3748946
1890198
2276606
2742006
847145
847145
0.34
0.437
0.561
1987
6106371
9150810
13713109
2349647
2820217
3385029
1607341
1932922
2324452
654718
654718
0.326
0.42
0.541
1988
4260238
6388402
9579671
2028103
2425041
2899668
1372470
1637416
1953507
552264
552264
0.342
0.439
0.565
1989
5649558
8504294
12801535
1990686
2391333
2872615
1300198
1546386
1839188
630316
630316
0.411
0.527
0.674
1990
12407122
18916096
28839781
2012997
2506282
3120446
1133286
1359259
1630290
558128
558128
0.396
0.516
0.672
1991
5813077
8961887
13816334
2536466
3221791
4092282
1435286
1779343
2205876
364008
364008
0.216
0.29
0.39
1992
4396126
6703233
10221120
2810443
3525329
4422059
1956815
2457377
3085984
474592
474592
0.174
0.234
0.314
1993
3229540
4976337
7667944
2748926
3413583
4238946
2029010
2536514
3170956
475198
475198
0.153
0.205
0.275
1994
5320277
8127693
12416532
2781415
3410295
4181364
2044129
2528472
3127577
457696
457696
0.138
0.185
0.249
1995
6147826
9301009
14071440
2769334
3351185
4055286
1905021
2305713
2790685
505176
505176
0.183
0.241
0.318
1996
18686627
28218692
42613074
3048379
3732720
4570692
1842049
2208446
2647723
621104
621104
0.227
0.297
0.388
1997
29976746
45157783
68026910
4310674
5458258
6911351
2056831
2471692
2970230
639681
639681
0.231
0.301
0.392
1998
17854208
26757284
40099918
5487554
6833778
8510260
3025391
3686245
4491454
1131955
1131955
0.313
0.403
0.519
1999
13460170
20252915
30473656
5864215
7181519
8794734
3642643
4453039
5443727
1261033
1261033
0.301
0.388
0.501
2000
25955352
39112927
58940486
6114073
7467683
9120973
3537602
4243985
5091417
1412449
1412449
0.371
0.475
0.608
2001
37318888
55819717
83492326
7299819
9005544
11109840
3834472
4580040
5470575
1771805
1771805
0.363
0.465
0.596
2002
32284877
48273348
72179805
8379223
10296062
12651399
4515399
5401613
6461760
1556955
1556955
0.367
0.472
0.606
2003
34776219
51316123
75722564
9667520
11717602
14202421
5703596
6839438
8201476
2365319
2365319
0.394
0.499
0.632
2004
19397020
28595612
42156426
8623149
10252334
12189324
5669865
6711654
7944862
2400795
2400795
0.426
0.537
0.677
2005
14937580
21988288
32367009
7122720
8423401
9961601
5058314
5974618
7056909
2018344
2018344
0.396
0.502
0.637
2006
5980536
8897990
13238652
6503407
7687190
9086452
4956660
5867072
6944705
1956239
1956239
0.357
0.455
0.581
2007
3150185
4680714
6954857
4792091
5671531
6712364
3923802
4656773
5526663
1612269
1612269
0.354
0.456
0.587
2008
3725628
5610274
8448287
3652003
4367764
5223807
2973053
3573977
4296362
1251851
1251851
0.306
0.404
0.534
2009
3526949
5452063
8427963
2794934
3413389
4168694
2215926
2727634
3357507
634978
634978
0.195
0.263
0.356
2010
9619647
14587776
22121728
2964523
3677920
4562992
2116822
2652233
3323067
539539
539539
0.133
0.183
0.253
2011
12470889
18715371
28086619
3475656
4315487
5358249
2135683
2654782
3300052
103771
103771
0.037
0.054
0.077
2012
12886753
19020408
28073474
4128288
5006726
6072083
2785721
3375645
4090495
375692
375692
0.085
0.113
0.15
2013
10567274
15544186
22865097
4590551
5482107
6546816
3116036
3707535
4411315
613863
613863
0.152
0.197
0.257
2014
24012188
35518806
52539386
5407448
6470452
7742422
3349990
3940046
4634034
1147650
1147650
0.295
0.38
0.49
2015
41926681
61604941
90519178
6470251
7882906
9603986
3460736
4068434
4782842
1390656
1390656
0.393
0.499
0.634
2016
22960977
33665082
49359299
7215233
8799102
10730658
3992764
4764351
5685044
1180786
1180786
0.347
0.443
0.565
2017
7702318
11381798
16819006
7067705
8497460
10216446
4900190
5886534
7071415
1555069
1555069
0.332
0.424
0.541
2018
8006740
11748402
17238593
6390071
7597074
9032066
4819546
5756364
6875279
1709856
1709856
0.34
0.434
0.555
2019
8724980
13001545
19374277
5692753
6723750
7941468
4160063
4937145
5859382
1512026
1512026
0.315
0.404
0.518
2020
14512222
21755724
32614683
5170411
6154076
7324883
3416909
4027164
4746410
1460507
1460507
0.363
0.463
0.592
2021
39852541
60179132
90873201
6278417
7932063
10021255
3158242
3719745
4381078
1139531
1139531
0.334
0.427
0.547
2022
40660627
62458426
95941831
7079117
9154812
11839130
3352390
4090814
4991889
1035891
1035891
0.338
0.436
0.562
2023
11941801
19403589
31527846
7158660
9288660
12052423
4356146
5502534
6950613
1735017
1735017
0.417
0.544
0.708
2024
10641616
18832298
33327217
6119812
8243148
11103199
4315112
5705454
7543769
1789724
1789724
0.426
0.599
0.842
2025
22062028
4269662
6391200
9566903
3039038
4479189
6521967
1751013
1751013
0.399
0.675
1.143
2026
3645041
Custom reference points
Custom fish data column names
Custom fish data
Sensivity data