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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 Component:
Assessment Year:2022
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 17597
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
							tonnes
1981	3948198	6113656	2549746	2846036	3607250	2245456	922980	0.26	0.35	0.189
1982	4696698	7348843	3001694	2299742	2881988	1835126	550643	0.22	0.30	0.164
1983	18293953	28036056	11937083	1854216	2273776	1512075	553344	0.26	0.34	0.192
1984	18077398	27459608	11900836	1756125	2119676	1454927	615569	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9550303	14449447	6312234	2095632	2534718	1732609	678214	0.36	0.46	0.28
1986	7206799	10836753	4792760	2274475	2745217	1884455	847145	0.44	0.56	0.34
1987	9113538	13734894	6047121	1933155	2329890	1603976	654718	0.42	0.54	0.32
1988	6409993	9664593	4251396	1638205	1957983	1370653	552264	0.44	0.57	0.34
1989	8492388	12856438	5609692	1546404	1842541	1297863	630316	0.53	0.68	0.41
1990	18840757	28928337	12270809	1356528	1631147	1128145	558128	0.52	0.68	0.40
1991	9049081	14054068	5826489	1777830	2211309	1429325	364008	0.29	0.39	0.22
1992	6698667	10279865	4365051	2460102	3100643	1951887	474592	0.23	0.32	0.173
1993	4942776	7671146	3184796	2543671	3191545	2027313	475198	0.20	0.28	0.151
1994	8113390	12474069	5277115	2535468	3146943	2042807	457696	0.184	0.25	0.136
1995	9322644	14188844	6125353	2308211	2801183	1901995	505176	0.24	0.32	0.183
1996	28090039	42658289	18496998	2207682	2653398	1836837	621104	0.30	0.39	0.23
1997	45080996	68316864	29748090	2467358	2972189	2048273	639681	0.30	0.39	0.23
1998	26696161	40224044	17717886	3685247	4501018	3017327	1131955	0.41	0.52	0.31
1999	20303064	30717343	13419599	4449851	5454480	3630259	1261033	0.39	0.50	0.30
2000	39448363	59847495	26002313	4233012	5087862	3521792	1412449	0.48	0.61	0.37
2001	55947436	84171646	37187292	4575712	5478433	3821738	1771805	0.47	0.60	0.36
2002	49106855	73899478	32631938	5401566	6476838	4504809	1556955	0.47	0.61	0.37
2003	52947963	78625974	35655989	6875173	8268346	5716742	2365319	0.50	0.64	0.40
2004	28714768	42717673	19302031	6778079	8057341	5701925	2400795	0.54	0.68	0.43
2005	22271163	33069881	14998683	6031586	7156150	5083744	2018344	0.50	0.64	0.40
2006	9009113	13515995	6005043	5891687	7015288	4948048	1956239	0.46	0.59	0.36
2007	4913368	7395256	3264414	4673775	5579322	3915203	1612269	0.46	0.59	0.36
2008	5883847	8962167	3862867	3593824	4347144	2971047	1251851	0.40	0.54	0.30
2009	5813482	9128311	3702391	2754203	3413874	2222003	634978	0.26	0.36	0.192
2010	15534228	23795027	10141289	2690487	3399087	2129607	539539	0.183	0.26	0.131
2011	19713440	29924598	12986631	2717639	3409333	2166277	103771	0.052	0.075	0.036
2012	19509226	29110475	13074672	3476370	4254677	2840438	375692	0.112	0.149	0.084
2013	16196200	24072726	10896851	3803134	4564602	3168694	613863	0.195	0.26	0.149
2014	37769539	56631551	25189811	4045006	4798933	3409524	1147650	0.38	0.49	0.29
2015	64728113	96474232	43428474	4218197	5013883	3548784	1390656	0.50	0.64	0.39
2016	35567778	52901145	23913789	4974200	6013339	4114630	1180786	0.44	0.56	0.34
2017	12172965	18379902	8062125	6199504	7557239	5085700	1555069	0.42	0.54	0.32
2018	13119298	19884169	8655930	6090429	7408460	5006887	1709856	0.42	0.55	0.32
2019	15254049	24141898	9638265	5284355	6464102	4319920	1512026	0.38	0.51	0.28
2020	26772174	43973408	16299607	4480563	5620836	3571612	1460507	0.42	0.57	0.30
2021	71562826	127350103	40213851	4440379	5938666	3320100	1139531	0.36	0.52	0.24
2022	43220294	98257917	19011128	4955777	7348815	3341999	1107529	0.37	0.61	0.23
2023				6621207
Average	22097698	34672481	14213336	3693995	4443559	2961489	1031220	0.36	0.47	0.27

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Maximum sustainable yield

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Precautionary approach

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Full reproductive capacity

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