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Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in subareas 1-9, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters) (Link to advice)	Download graphs and tables(.doc) Download stock data (XML) Download standard graphs (zip) - regular size Download standard graphs (zip) - powerpoint size View on the map View source data
DOI: 10.17895/ices.data.10220
Species: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Year:2020
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 13880
Stock Key: 169301

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Catches	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 1							Ages 3-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	Year-1
1981	3957322	6164834	2540278	2845488	3627027	2232351	922980	0.26	0.36	0.188
1982	4693398	7396359	2978221	2301321	2899252	1826705	550643	0.22	0.30	0.163
1983	18181946	28030678	11793619	1855241	2285843	1505755	553344	0.26	0.34	0.191
1984	18057318	27576577	11824046	1753978	2125575	1447345	615569	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9628473	14638069	6333315	2092477	2541189	1722997	678214	0.36	0.46	0.27
1986	7242024	10937224	4795267	2273644	2755523	1876035	847145	0.44	0.56	0.34
1987	9098048	13770967	6010796	1933331	2339612	1597602	654718	0.42	0.54	0.32
1988	6425056	9731218	4242157	1639304	1966867	1366293	552264	0.44	0.57	0.34
1989	8511756	12939585	5599097	1547399	1850590	1293881	630316	0.53	0.68	0.41
1990	18623678	28742500	12067196	1355825	1636656	1123181	558128	0.52	0.68	0.39
1991	9002675	14060276	5764336	1775078	2217227	1421100	364008	0.29	0.40	0.21
1992	6723250	10365822	4360685	2456884	3111208	1940172	474592	0.23	0.32	0.172
1993	4998200	7797893	3203687	2542322	3205155	2016565	475198	0.20	0.28	0.151
1994	8148170	12594387	5271609	2536056	3162541	2033675	457696	0.183	0.25	0.135
1995	9362066	14320463	6120492	2311551	2817180	1896673	505176	0.24	0.32	0.181
1996	28034940	42784193	18370286	2210252	2667406	1831448	621104	0.30	0.39	0.23
1997	44725598	68109184	29370182	2466370	2982438	2039600	639681	0.30	0.39	0.23
1998	26724248	40434076	17662958	3682009	4515758	3002195	1131955	0.41	0.53	0.31
1999	20359418	30958253	13389190	4448140	5477216	3612411	1261033	0.39	0.51	0.30
2000	39255183	59839380	25751761	4235816	5111462	3510177	1412449	0.48	0.62	0.37
2001	55761819	84282894	36892189	4577749	5501620	3809022	1771805	0.47	0.60	0.36
2002	48895382	73977208	32317499	5405309	6506867	4490236	1556955	0.47	0.61	0.36
2003	52993568	79150916	35480553	6880604	8311376	5696134	2365319	0.50	0.64	0.39
2004	28800650	43196876	19202255	6791916	8114751	5684725	2400795	0.54	0.68	0.42
2005	22282661	33346241	14889744	6055782	7228528	5073301	2018344	0.50	0.64	0.39
2006	9064943	13713814	5992001	5917460	7095137	4935259	1956239	0.46	0.59	0.35
2007	4960888	7533665	3266725	4703578	5659008	3909457	1612269	0.45	0.59	0.35
2008	5944464	9147506	3862982	3630450	4433114	2973117	1251851	0.40	0.54	0.30
2009	5794358	9216523	3642868	2795836	3506565	2229162	634978	0.26	0.36	0.186
2010	15473168	23955257	9994421	2733239	3496996	2136290	539539	0.180	0.25	0.127
2011	19647386	30160426	12798884	2753922	3500066	2166841	103771	0.051	0.075	0.035
2012	19399347	29298453	12844864	3498827	4333209	2825110	375692	0.110	0.148	0.082
2013	16169499	24359353	10733154	3821120	4639476	3147113	613863	0.192	0.25	0.145
2014	37230666	56701895	24445788	4063545	4879342	3384144	1147650	0.37	0.49	0.28
2015	63695809	97125518	41772298	4251496	5132213	3521915	1390656	0.48	0.63	0.37
2016	34888644	54133253	22485578	5014269	6225606	4038626	1180786	0.42	0.55	0.32
2017	11735400	19156097	7189336	6266824	7992792	4913563	1555069	0.39	0.53	0.29
2018	11679974	20286662	6724704	6206072	8182958	4706773	1709856	0.39	0.55	0.27
2019	10145773	20796831	4949635	5387150	7655961	3790692	1512026	0.36	0.56	0.22
2020	17925568	48918733	6568567	4214250	6868966	2585528	1478358	0.44	0.82	0.24
2021				3248023
Average	19856068	30991251	12837581	3572681	4464007	2882829	1027051	0.35	0.48	0.27

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Maximum sustainable yield

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