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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Division 6.a (West of Scotland)
Species:
Stock Coordinator
Stock code:
whg.27.6a
Assessment Year:
2026
Key:
25931
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
25597
F
MSY
0.21
Precautionary approach
B
lim
17286
B
pa
25597
F
lim
F
pa
0.21
Age and Length
Recruitment
0
F
Fish data
Year
Low Recruitment
Recruitment
High Recruitment
Low SSB
SSB
High SSB
Landings
Discards
Low F
F
High F
1981
438468
786840
1412002
76655
111408
161917
12194
2132
0.087
0.138
0.218
1982
487507
826007
1399544
69030
96025
133578
13880
5485
0.135
0.199
0.292
1983
625708
1052029
1768820
52889
70032
92731
15962
6294
0.205
0.293
0.419
1984
528158
882395
1474218
39134
50164
64303
16459
4017
0.262
0.37
0.522
1985
451732
762989
1288712
31358
40292
51772
12879
4840
0.303
0.423
0.591
1986
743419
1268413
2164152
26284
34159
44394
8458
2669
0.225
0.317
0.448
1987
300709
509179
862173
30420
38763
49393
11544
11918
0.309
0.425
0.583
1988
421891
724657
1244700
30708
40458
53304
11352
8132
0.351
0.482
0.661
1989
386647
648059
1086211
21638
27967
36146
7531
5876
0.309
0.435
0.612
1990
518408
862566
1435204
19811
26251
34784
5643
4530
0.217
0.31
0.441
1991
682157
1138534
1900236
22229
28915
37611
6660
4883
0.216
0.305
0.431
1992
487309
809053
1343228
27809
35805
46099
6004
9249
0.206
0.293
0.417
1993
490291
810935
1341275
31671
41177
53535
6872
4759
0.179
0.257
0.368
1994
467776
765693
1253347
31344
40057
51192
5901
3455
0.166
0.239
0.344
1995
436271
710300
1156452
31586
40012
50685
6076
5771
0.212
0.299
0.423
1996
411277
666507
1080129
28943
36436
45869
7156
7940
0.287
0.4
0.558
1997
413040
661139
1058263
23476
29611
37349
6285
5251
0.29
0.407
0.57
1998
270256
438521
711550
20006
25239
31841
4631
9216
0.395
0.547
0.757
1999
522519
850242
1383511
15267
19530
24985
4613
3975
0.403
0.563
0.786
2000
215848
348546
562825
14240
18204
23273
3010
13285
0.412
0.57
0.788
2001
132091
221315
370807
14385
19122
25421
2438
4263
0.28
0.403
0.579
2002
181665
293821
475218
11193
14835
19662
1709
2851
0.24
0.36
0.54
2003
140001
221935
351821
8259
11069
14837
1331
1984
0.208
0.325
0.507
2004
78653
126388
203095
7281
10021
13792
798
2887
0.221
0.36
0.586
2005
69612
112465
181698
5660
8115
11633
335
972
0.114
0.185
0.301
2006
44793
73362
120151
5115
7354
10575
378
746
0.095
0.152
0.243
2007
40928
67537
111444
4906
7101
10279
481
366
0.074
0.118
0.188
2008
63908
107328
180245
4590
6684
9734
441
156
0.057
0.092
0.147
2009
183479
312691
532898
4819
6985
10124
480
826
0.072
0.114
0.18
2010
60836
104523
179581
6636
9628
13968
345
1091
0.081
0.131
0.212
2011
123400
208497
352279
9015
13697
20811
231
630
0.047
0.078
0.131
2012
63603
110581
192258
9548
14560
22202
300
742
0.055
0.093
0.157
2013
142393
245309
422606
9958
15481
24067
215
1172
0.062
0.109
0.193
2014
259324
445188
764264
8947
13946
21741
181
745
0.035
0.06
0.105
2015
180479
311644
538137
11386
17709
27543
221
1458
0.041
0.069
0.119
2016
151139
261491
452415
15350
24296
38456
227
1040
0.033
0.058
0.1
2017
114645
205645
368877
16786
26598
42146
168
1331
0.034
0.06
0.104
2018
225405
395947
695520
16280
25655
40428
189
666
0.027
0.048
0.083
2019
241166
425224
749755
15546
24243
37805
484
960
0.032
0.056
0.097
2020
94521
171351
310630
17273
27100
42517
541
834
0.027
0.047
0.084
2021
73987
135457
247999
18084
28486
44871
852
261
0.02
0.036
0.065
2022
74955
134034
239679
15704
24994
39779
628
123
0.01
0.019
0.033
2023
128512
233778
425267
12656
20144
32063
558
118
0.011
0.019
0.033
2024
137164
252694
465534
10877
17252
27364
267
449
0.015
0.026
0.045
2025
41927
95023
215360
10773
17124
27218
197
303
0.012
0.023
0.041
2026
22921
171351
393937
9906
16050
26004
Custom reference points
Custom fish data column names
Custom fish data
Sensivity data