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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

Species: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Year:2021
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 16754
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	3946080	6102055	2551853	2843799	3611014	2239591	922980	0.26	0.36	0.188
1982	4696923	7332898	3008509	2302366	2890108	1834150	550643	0.22	0.30	0.163
1983	18021467	27580072	11775650	1856506	2281099	1510944	553344	0.26	0.34	0.191
1984	17927420	27182717	11823410	1750611	2115976	1448333	615569	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9575365	14452447	6344090	2086876	2527512	1723059	678214	0.36	0.46	0.28
1986	7251591	10881347	4832635	2269479	2743714	1877212	847145	0.44	0.56	0.34
1987	9110901	13700566	6058765	1930865	2330768	1599576	654718	0.42	0.54	0.32
1988	6440989	9693041	4280013	1637715	1960738	1367908	552264	0.44	0.57	0.34
1989	8544270	12907066	5656169	1547055	1846487	1296180	630316	0.53	0.68	0.41
1990	18706545	28672664	12204475	1358764	1635905	1128574	558128	0.52	0.68	0.39
1991	9030557	13983178	5832076	1778560	2213114	1429332	364008	0.29	0.39	0.21
1992	6712684	10274357	4385689	2458361	3100202	1949402	474592	0.23	0.32	0.172
1993	4997346	7735075	3228601	2540185	3189531	2023037	475198	0.20	0.28	0.151
1994	8107500	12435091	5285973	2534082	3148352	2039662	457696	0.184	0.25	0.135
1995	9366200	14227206	6166052	2311535	2808745	1902342	505176	0.24	0.32	0.181
1996	27896658	42277400	18407554	2210376	2660377	1836492	621104	0.30	0.39	0.23
1997	44565707	67414990	29460840	2464353	2970896	2044176	639681	0.30	0.39	0.23
1998	26745578	40205497	17791745	3669862	4486986	3001545	1131955	0.40	0.53	0.31
1999	20454274	30889878	13544156	4432233	5440387	3610899	1261033	0.39	0.51	0.30
2000	39231005	59362755	25926555	4230752	5093167	3514368	1412449	0.48	0.62	0.37
2001	55702658	83629152	37101728	4568522	5476291	3811227	1771805	0.47	0.60	0.36
2002	48895878	73418876	32563927	5400006	6482357	4498373	1556955	0.47	0.61	0.37
2003	52676531	78038651	35556956	6849571	8250010	5686857	2365319	0.50	0.64	0.39
2004	28616022	42505797	19265060	6755492	8044810	5672809	2400795	0.54	0.69	0.43
2005	22242605	32942020	15018310	6018029	7154734	5061918	2018344	0.51	0.65	0.40
2006	9091134	13610481	6072432	5870609	7004839	4920034	1956239	0.46	0.59	0.36
2007	4952577	7436530	3298315	4666706	5584181	3899972	1612269	0.46	0.60	0.35
2008	5842915	8875965	3846303	3593810	4358168	2963508	1251851	0.40	0.54	0.30
2009	5763280	9036107	3675852	2758087	3428445	2218803	634978	0.26	0.36	0.190
2010	15334306	23455530	10024968	2689104	3406527	2122772	539539	0.182	0.26	0.130
2011	19236335	29144431	12696647	2713450	3413526	2156951	103771	0.052	0.076	0.036
2012	19175444	28551649	12878334	3445804	4228064	2808274	375692	0.112	0.150	0.084
2013	16039501	23803549	10807867	3768379	4534165	3131928	613863	0.196	0.26	0.149
2014	37131235	55595662	24799212	4004460	4763460	3366398	1147650	0.38	0.50	0.29
2015	62818315	93610758	42154778	4177415	4977273	3506095	1390656	0.50	0.64	0.39
2016	34221938	50989175	22968425	4900689	5944752	4039993	1180786	0.44	0.57	0.34
2017	11565966	17603565	7599119	6058300	7429336	4940280	1555069	0.42	0.54	0.32
2018	12061390	18636342	7806099	5916510	7282428	4806789	1709856	0.43	0.56	0.32
2019	13079208	21678799	7890921	5061219	6354834	4030938	1512026	0.40	0.54	0.29
2020	22788112	40700221	12759097	4151143	5497181	3134696	1460507	0.46	0.68	0.31
2021	29805438	67544339	13152311	3444751	5086562	2332874	1242727	0.51	0.87	0.30
2022				3403663
Average	20204143	31173607	13182963	3534049	4335537	2889958	1031876	0.36	0.48	0.27

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Maximum sustainable yield

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MSY B_trigger

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Full reproductive capacity

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