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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in divisions 7.b, 7.c, and 7.e–k (southern Celtic Seas, 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 Component:
Assessment Year:2024
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 18966
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	2061283	2980733	1425451	54255	60664	48523	20180	5420	0.80	0.93	0.69
2000	1715750	2504282	1175506	52624	59820	46293	15644	4400	0.81	0.93	0.70
2001	1413419	1906330	1047958	61797	73441	51999	13196	9877	0.89	1.03	0.77
2002	1264455	1687497	947466	71183	83978	60338	13640	7336	0.62	0.74	0.52
2003	982785	1314961	734521	69205	78784	60790	11788	10337	0.57	0.69	0.47
2004	846402	1131650	633054	65048	73455	57602	10321	19522	0.72	0.85	0.61
2005	741840	982303	560241	46027	51493	41141	12575	13598	0.76	0.88	0.66
2006	802157	1086771	592080	40765	45683	36377	9908	5098	0.65	0.77	0.55
2007	1005697	1345064	751954	38821	44158	34130	9424	8439	1.16	1.35	1.01
2008	1184078	1575619	889835	36520	41655	32018	6080	3760	0.69	0.82	0.59
2009	1326913	1875195	938942	45768	52258	40084	6574	4281	0.64	0.77	0.53
2010	638132	858891	474115	68612	78875	59685	9570	5346	0.54	0.66	0.44
2011	631240	839482	474654	67740	77910	58898	10084	3750	0.43	0.54	0.35
2012	570373	761393	427276	61305	69519	54061	10834	5116	0.40	0.50	0.32
2013	1295170	1921091	873184	55174	61888	49189	12131	4026	0.42	0.51	0.34
2014	526563	699939	396133	61538	69684	54344	12983	4672	0.46	0.55	0.38
2015	510454	695543	374619	61661	69474	54727	13110	6528	0.55	0.65	0.47
2016	324656	484607	217499	49262	56103	43254	15201	8259	0.74	0.87	0.64
2017	282497	405309	196898	33298	37172	29827	12377	2791	0.75	0.87	0.64
2018	518988	703121	383075	22860	25421	20557	9007	2139	0.90	1.04	0.78
2019	408528	563192	296339	22608	25987	19669	6588	970	0.84	0.98	0.71
2020	475619	670762	337248	27819	32920	23508	5931	1266	0.82	1.00	0.67
2021	350153	507758	241468	26048	31969	21225	6153	1224	0.66	0.92	0.48
2022	133450	217443	81902	26596	33997	20806	5115	2462	0.51	0.81	0.32
2023	116494	245714	55230	25883	35104	19084	4266	397	0.28	0.49	0.158
2024	350153	518988	116494	22290	31393	15639
Average	787587	1095525	563198	46720	53954	40530	10507	5641	0.66	0.81	0.55

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2021

2022

2023

2022

2023

2024

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Appropriate

MSY B_trigger

Below trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa,B_lim

Reduced reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable