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Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in Subarea 8 (Bay of Biscay) (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: Engraulis encrasicolus
Stock code: ane.27.8
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 21265
Stock Key: 169051

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Total	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 0						Catch	Ages 2
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes
1987	5682300	7385039	4372155	30814	42045	19583	14385	0.55	0.77	0.32
1988	2184050	3230285	1476673	34640	45330	23950	14406	0.57	0.79	0.35
1989	11609600	13869237	9718113	18007	26146	9867	8239	0.49	0.71	0.27
1990	5084870	7070727	3656753	41617	50623	32610	33734	0.93	1.23	0.64
1991	15078800	19199014	11842807	26988	37706	16270	18112	0.78	1.12	0.44
1992	14171100	16954161	11844884	54152	70103	38202	37209	0.87	1.25	0.48
1993	7451680	9235529	6012383	66669	80022	53317	39313	0.86	1.13	0.59
1994	6710420	8921467	5047346	40053	49635	30471	33621	1.07	1.39	0.75
1995	8772610	11035807	6973544	31866	43272	20460	29108	1.16	1.65	0.66
1996	10370300	14004024	7679444	33005	42601	23409	32888	1.32	1.88	0.76
1997	18573500	24881591	13864664	35488	47685	23291	20452	0.71	1.02	0.39
1998	8821170	12323519	6314190	79839	104990	54688	31399	0.47	0.68	0.27
1999	16790200	20735458	13595591	64797	87360	42234	25998	0.46	0.65	0.27
2000	13961500	17015726	11455490	80209	99305	61112	36890	0.58	0.78	0.37
2001	3165650	4162765	2407376	83744	101821	65666	40139	0.56	0.72	0.40
2002	3547570	4512453	2789005	47906	60905	34906	17495	0.46	0.60	0.32
2003	5396570	7019442	4148901	23291	29269	17314	10480	0.60	0.82	0.38
2004	988935	1526348	640740	27777	36059	19496	16187	0.82	1.14	0.50
2005	3447810	5084464	2337984	13586	19310	7861	1127	0.099	0.143	0.056
2006	3962680	5881769	2669746	17298	23996	10600	1753	0.152	0.22	0.082
2007	1612530	2479732	1048603	24983	34101	15865	141	0.0097	0.0142	0.0052
2008	2368800	3542055	1584169	19222	26205	12238	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
2009	8295230	11824178	5819503	14924	20090	9757	0	0.00	0.00	0.00
2010	24607300	34276283	17665837	39289	53454	25124	10082	0.46	0.66	0.25
2011	14805800	20768457	10555031	94125	126006	62243	14489	0.31	0.44	0.171
2012	11420100	16273995	8013931	83687	111757	55617	14353	0.172	0.24	0.108
2013	17447600	24753960	12297780	68626	92717	44535	14072	0.22	0.30	0.137
2014	31482500	44415270	22315474	87647	119030	56263	19552	0.35	0.49	0.20
2015	15870100	23149442	10879747	122037	165478	78596	28254	0.31	0.45	0.179
2016	19278800	28201020	13179386	82232	113918	50546	19371	0.191	0.27	0.112
2017	33244900	48535045	22771657	86728	122257	51198	26011	0.31	0.45	0.168
2018	20470400	31016996	13509925	108901	152860	64942	30735	0.27	0.39	0.138
2019	39473700	57860488	26929828	128682	183786	73578	26845	0.21	0.31	0.114
2020	36672300	53231547	25264296	144823	201899	87747	25220	0.21	0.31	0.111
2021	14646800	22045108	9731354	146770	205067	88473	27930	0.164	0.24	0.089
2022	23895700	35499507	16084857	98299	139702	56895	24246	0.193	0.28	0.109
2023	29922500	45042363	19878087	97835	139145	56525	30271	0.25	0.37	0.128
2024	17129300	28673485	10232900	126976	182591	71361	32412	0.21	0.31	0.107
2025	31134900	92638172	10464174	119768	180738	58798	29805	0.27	0.41	0.128
Average	14347451	21494255	9924983	65315	88948	41682	21454	0.45	0.63	0.27

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2023

2024

2025

2023

2024

2025

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Undefined

MSY B_trigger

Undefined

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Undefined

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable