Stock assessment graphs

Year	Low Recruitment	Recruitment	High Recruitment	Low TBiomass	TBiomass	High TBiomass	Low SSB	SSB	High SSB	Catches	Low F	F	High F
1981	2492450	3838871	5912627	2674981	3336013	4160396	2234839	2840555	3610440	923000	0.182	0.253	0.35
1982	2973225	4617053	7169714	2246138	2774033	3425996	1835323	2308694	2904159	551000	0.157	0.215	0.294
1983	11327392	17256711	26289732	2332495	2853915	3491896	1515883	1869115	2304659	553000	0.185	0.249	0.334
1984	11547548	17410430	26249995	2446242	3013648	3712662	1436657	1737993	2102535	616000	0.238	0.315	0.417
1985	6277356	9423303	14145866	2590225	3163165	3862836	1696121	2055796	2491743	678000	0.272	0.357	0.467
1986	4862782	7276066	10887006	2553757	3080391	3715626	1853343	2244999	2719421	847000	0.338	0.441	0.575
1987	6063148	9095659	13644895	2320550	2794360	3364912	1580039	1910529	2310147	655000	0.325	0.424	0.555
1988	4329050	6501860	9765235	2017207	2420139	2903556	1357494	1627634	1951532	552000	0.343	0.449	0.588
1989	5771587	8707052	13135512	1993040	2403423	2898306	1291186	1544325	1847092	630000	0.414	0.539	0.702
1990	12300349	18862487	28925473	2017699	2519652	3146479	1133363	1366379	1647302	558000	0.395	0.522	0.689
1991	5884483	9093984	14054006	2544220	3242224	4131724	1437984	1789828	2227762	364000	0.212	0.29	0.397
1992	4399467	6717404	10256585	2810900	3539824	4457773	1955885	2469241	3117337	475000	0.17	0.232	0.318
1993	3245728	5011587	7738172	2743671	3420162	4263453	2019971	2539181	3191846	475000	0.149	0.203	0.277
1994	5156336	7895935	12091103	2767192	3404571	4188760	2033505	2530060	3147869	458000	0.133	0.182	0.25
1995	6129750	9293593	14090441	2768903	3358924	4074671	1903703	2316577	2818994	505000	0.178	0.239	0.32
1996	17954483	27144300	41037828	3014124	3689372	4515893	1830385	2206320	2659468	621000	0.22	0.293	0.391
1997	28786732	43484969	65687990	4208636	5328077	6745273	2025550	2440195	2939722	640000	0.223	0.297	0.394
1998	17880139	26810589	40201459	5345620	6671902	8327243	2940101	3595118	4396065	1132000	0.306	0.401	0.526
1999	13807048	20823338	31405076	5751467	7063260	8674248	3523330	4327262	5314630	1261000	0.294	0.387	0.508
2000	26117227	39447425	59581340	6076699	7441252	9112221	3482693	4196062	5055551	1412000	0.366	0.476	0.619
2001	37552594	56348281	84551517	7280022	9010303	11151831	3803720	4562747	5473235	1772000	0.355	0.463	0.604
2002	32999092	49510327	74283029	8438409	10417718	12861292	4525849	5443674	6547631	1557000	0.357	0.466	0.609
2003	35663326	52916331	78515898	9701922	11857486	14491971	5684188	6875311	8316034	2365000	0.384	0.494	0.636
2004	19145517	28824194	43395755	8655861	10419440	12542339	5665381	6791147	8140614	2401000	0.42	0.538	0.689
2005	14907605	22266769	33258797	7106117	8548691	10284115	5053097	6062446	7273412	2018000	0.395	0.509	0.655
2006	6041720	9127776	13790163	6410687	7735855	9334951	4868415	5875110	7089970	1956000	0.356	0.463	0.601
2007	3305039	5038340	7680658	4744648	5740815	6946134	3866187	4686640	5681204	1612000	0.351	0.461	0.604
2008	3703308	5699714	8772355	3623216	4441582	5444790	2939804	3617723	4451969	1252000	0.302	0.408	0.551
2009	3614464	5785322	9260002	2785827	3502137	4402628	2198594	2781230	3518267	635000	0.189	0.264	0.369
2010	9603462	15064115	23629765	2911024	3739179	4802936	2071461	2677882	3461833	540000	0.129	0.184	0.264
2011	11930710	18622510	29067666	3366999	4369608	5670768	2077185	2686041	3473362	104000	0.034	0.052	0.078
2012	12227449	19054700	29693976	3889570	4975453	6364491	2628115	3339257	4242827	376000	0.083	0.115	0.159
2013	10321696	16642001	26832432	4258580	5476537	7042830	2880551	3643950	4609664	614000	0.148	0.204	0.28
2014	22452791	38952418	67576940	4872399	6653590	9085926	3014699	3920996	5099750	1148000	0.271	0.382	0.539
2015	35930019	67872796	128213581	5558632	8491855	12972904	3000975	4292740	6140542	1391000	0.304	0.465	0.712
2016		26973000		5389962	9256533	15896848	3071199	5031888	8244304	1147000	0.212	0.386	0.702
2017								6804000


Blue whiting in Subareas I-IX, XII and XIV (Combined stock)
Species:	Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code:	whb-comb
Assessment Year:	2016
Key:	7976


Unit weights	tonnes
Unit recruitment	thousands
Fishing pressure description	F
Fishing pressure units	Year-1
Stock size description	SSB
Stock size units	tonnes


Fish reference points

Management plan	SSB_MP
Management plan	F_MP
MSY approach	MSYB_trigger	2250000
MSY approach	F_MSY	0.32
Precautionary approach	B_lim	1500000
	B_pa	2250000
	F_lim	0.88
	F_pa	0.53

Age and Length

Recruitment	1
F	3-7


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