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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b, 7.c, and 7.e–k (southern Celtic Seas, eastern English Channel)
Species:
Stock Coordinator
Stock code:
whg.27.7b-ce-k
Assessment Year:
2026
Key:
23780
Unit weights
tonnes
Unit recruitment
thousands
Fishing pressure description
F
Fishing pressure units
ratio
Stock size description
SSB
Stock size units
thousands
Fish reference points
Management plan
SSB
MP
F
MP
MSY approach
MSYB
trigger
50818
F
MSY
0.375
Precautionary approach
B
lim
36571
B
pa
50818
F
lim
F
pa
0.375
Age and Length
Recruitment
0
F
2
Fish data
Year
Low Recruitment
Recruitment
High Recruitment
Low SSB
SSB
High SSB
Landings
Discards
Low F
F
High F
1999
1405643
1987943
2811464
44739
55390
68578
20180
5420
0.563
0.776
1.072
2000
1350477
1878001
2611586
43484
53399
65574
15644
4400
0.611
0.817
1.092
2001
956756
1327609
1842211
51597
63391
77880
13196
9877
0.653
0.875
1.171
2002
845528
1171171
1622231
58925
72636
89537
13640
7336
0.518
0.686
0.909
2003
679439
924320
1257462
55507
67850
82937
11788
10337
0.384
0.52
0.704
2004
750078
1012249
1366056
50251
60956
73943
10321
19522
0.512
0.674
0.888
2005
494494
668130
902736
37546
45233
54494
12575
13598
0.55
0.728
0.964
2006
601615
805832
1079369
35227
42631
51590
9908
5098
0.524
0.711
0.964
2007
660802
884754
1184604
30068
36491
44287
9424
8439
0.798
1.029
1.328
2008
851331
1139762
1525914
29640
35660
42903
6080
3760
0.506
0.674
0.896
2009
1096609
1482557
2004337
36842
44124
52846
6574
4281
0.434
0.588
0.798
2010
427396
579153
784795
58358
70161
84350
9570
5346
0.399
0.544
0.741
2011
488945
657178
883297
57163
68890
83024
10084
3750
0.314
0.435
0.603
2012
484309
656704
890466
50569
60691
72840
10834
5116
0.313
0.432
0.597
2013
996575
1379236
1908831
45935
54705
65150
12131
4026
0.291
0.4
0.551
2014
352948
481710
657447
52643
62832
74994
12983
4672
0.301
0.416
0.574
2015
400135
545102
742590
50379
61419
74878
13110
6528
0.415
0.565
0.769
2016
242375
330146
449703
38874
47500
58039
15201
8259
0.568
0.752
0.995
2017
203944
278699
380856
27230
33240
40576
12377
2791
0.557
0.742
0.989
2018
324729
464766
665193
19482
23822
29127
9007
2139
0.714
0.932
1.218
2019
218709
341088
531943
18123
22402
27690
6588
970
0.612
0.821
1.103
2020
245924
404563
665533
19993
26454
35002
5931
1266
0.701
0.939
1.259
2021
157420
254353
410972
15105
21981
31987
6153
1224
0.435
0.714
1.172
2022
60953
94655
146991
12981
20970
33877
5115
2462
0.251
0.59
1.389
2023
63924
96963
147077
11189
20168
36351
4266
397
0.106
0.364
1.248
2024
73258
120359
197741
7639
15596
31841
3233
442
0.102
0.299
0.877
2025
111730
223357
446506
6103
13014
27752
2024
412
0.102
0.242
0.575
2026
94655
108661
223357
8461
15223
32597
Custom reference points
Custom fish data column names
Custom fish data
Sensivity data