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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b-c and 7.e-k (southern Celtic Seas and eastern English Channel) (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: Merlangius merlangus
Stock code: whg.27.7b-ce-k
Assessment Year:2021
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 16877
Stock Key: 169303

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Landings	Discards	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 0								Ages 2-5
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes	Year-1
1999	2164746	2874285	1630362	61155	68545	54562	20180	5420	0.80	0.94	0.69
2000	1854498	2639869	1302778	53303	59669	47616	15644	4400	0.81	0.94	0.70
2001	1406546	1797332	1100727	64208	75239	54794	13196	9877	0.89	1.04	0.77
2002	1270409	1619099	996812	73921	86047	63504	13640	7336	0.62	0.74	0.52
2003	969463	1245413	754657	70959	80239	62752	11788	10337	0.56	0.68	0.47
2004	843915	1069600	665849	64785	73574	57046	10321	19522	0.71	0.83	0.60
2005	746124	936959	594158	45709	51161	40839	12575	13598	0.76	0.88	0.66
2006	788980	1023217	608365	41667	46515	37324	9908	5098	0.66	0.79	0.55
2007	977045	1233686	773793	38626	43838	34034	9424	8439	1.14	1.33	0.98
2008	1201563	1519659	950051	36493	41117	32390	6080	3760	0.69	0.82	0.58
2009	1400384	2011010	975170	45959	51999	40621	6574	4281	0.64	0.77	0.52
2010	685700	859492	547050	69991	80182	61094	9570	5346	0.54	0.67	0.43
2011	653475	822188	519382	70233	80121	61565	10084	3750	0.43	0.54	0.34
2012	600632	770676	468107	63302	71636	55938	10834	5116	0.39	0.50	0.31
2013	1414790	2158141	927480	56931	64194	50490	12131	4026	0.41	0.51	0.33
2014	567204	724824	443861	64149	73892	55692	12983	4672	0.45	0.54	0.37
2015	533781	710229	401170	63702	73253	55396	13110	6528	0.54	0.66	0.45
2016	348159	493028	245858	50810	59744	43212	15201	8259	0.71	0.87	0.58
2017	299364	433954	206517	35894	44029	29262	12377	2791	0.70	0.96	0.51
2018	497185	713413	346494	25981	35415	19060	9007	2139	0.75	1.28	0.44
2019	328106	520948	206650	25705	37904	17431	6588	970	0.55	1.28	0.24
2020	395701	817776	191470	29668	44824	19636	5931	1266	0.41	1.06	0.158
2021	533781	1414790	299364	28381	48042	17873
Average	890502	1235199	658962	51371	60486	44006	11234	6224	0.64	0.85	0.51

Fishing pressure

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Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Above

MSY B_trigger

Below trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Increased risk

B_pa,B_lim

Reduced reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable