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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:2022
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 17320
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
1999	2027897	3019160	1362089	54302	61100	48260	20180	5420	0.80	0.94	0.69
2000	1701339	2486760	1163986	52501	60164	45815	15644	4400	0.81	0.94	0.69
2001	1421549	1930257	1046908	61432	73583	51288	13196	9877	0.89	1.03	0.76
2002	1267864	1703340	943722	70799	84286	59469	13640	7336	0.62	0.75	0.52
2003	998197	1346874	739785	68985	78939	60286	11788	10337	0.57	0.69	0.47
2004	871785	1180819	643630	65094	73768	57440	10321	19522	0.72	0.85	0.61
2005	749519	1007845	557406	46453	52199	41340	12575	13598	0.76	0.88	0.65
2006	826353	1135740	601247	41147	46292	36574	9908	5098	0.65	0.79	0.55
2007	1020649	1374910	757667	39139	44757	34226	9424	8439	1.15	1.34	0.99
2008	1218297	1640683	904652	37123	42658	32306	6080	3760	0.69	0.83	0.58
2009	1278262	1870293	873636	46729	53865	40539	6574	4281	0.63	0.77	0.52
2010	652585	881377	483184	68742	79815	59205	9570	5346	0.53	0.66	0.43
2011	624387	836391	466120	67898	78585	58664	10084	3750	0.43	0.54	0.34
2012	579921	788972	426262	61381	70051	53784	10834	5116	0.40	0.50	0.32
2013	1205680	1940367	749170	55194	62296	48902	12131	4026	0.42	0.52	0.34
2014	545184	730884	406667	60670	69406	53033	12983	4672	0.46	0.56	0.38
2015	507319	692155	371843	61195	69360	53992	13110	6528	0.56	0.66	0.47
2016	330789	493952	221522	49278	56528	42957	15201	8259	0.74	0.87	0.63
2017	293206	434204	197994	33504	37662	29806	12377	2791	0.75	0.87	0.64
2018	504093	707837	358994	23130	26061	20529	9007	2139	0.89	1.04	0.75
2019	400108	571894	279923	22862	27150	19251	6588	970	0.80	0.99	0.65
2020	494034	781842	312172	27954	34842	22428	5931	1266	0.74	1.06	0.51
2021	353025	731427	170388	26600	35064	20180	6153	1224	0.56	1.01	0.31
2022	400108	507319	293206	32346	46048	22581
Average	844673	1199804	597174	48936	56853	42202	11013	6007	0.68	0.83	0.56

Fishing pressure

Stock size

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2020

2021

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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