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Cod (Gadus morhua) in Subarea 4, in divisions 6.a and 7.d, and in Subdivision 20 (North Sea, West of Scotland, eastern English Channel, Skagerrak) (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: Gadus morhua
Stock code: cod.27.46a7d20
Assessment Component: Viking Substock
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 26001
Stock Key: 255566

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Spawning Stock Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Total	Fishing Pressure	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 1						Catch	Ages 2-4
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes
1983	319027	543229	187358	22294	35402	14040	81385	0.83	1.00	0.70
1984	394131	738564	210326	26940	42607	17034	91330	0.91	1.11	0.74
1985	98714	187407	51996	22032	33465	14506	85020	0.92	1.12	0.76
1986	372756	713860	194642	16771	24901	11296	66630	0.98	1.20	0.79
1987	128675	224788	73657	19465	29001	13064	67824	0.91	1.11	0.75
1988	140044	245578	79862	13522	20043	9123	51645	0.85	1.04	0.69
1989	241555	429768	135768	18187	26564	12452	52917	0.92	1.14	0.73
1990	115364	203324	65457	16331	24292	10980	48626	0.95	1.17	0.78
1991	126653	224251	71531	15819	23769	10527	42322	0.96	1.19	0.78
1992	288740	519500	160483	20586	30732	13789	46416	0.87	1.06	0.72
1993	149871	250293	89741	14073	21146	9366	51327	0.87	1.06	0.71
1994	447729	800908	250293	19238	28771	12864	54817	0.86	1.05	0.71
1995	280727	479777	164259	21174	31763	14115	83393	1.01	1.24	0.83
1996	153344	259435	90637	27216	40348	18358	66120	1.05	1.27	0.86
1997	418393	722688	242225	23517	34584	15992	55319	0.92	1.12	0.76
1998	45835	76365	27511	26758	39387	18179	52078	0.97	1.17	0.80
1999	132521	218593	80341	23186	33006	16288	37278	1.02	1.25	0.83
2000	171681	276818	106475	19298	27625	13481	32543	0.97	1.17	0.81
2001	70494	115787	42918	14169	20058	10009	27189	0.85	1.04	0.69
2002	100163	169010	59361	15310	21735	10785	21661	0.82	1.01	0.66
2003	57398	93077	35396	12860	17965	9206	18990	0.77	0.96	0.62
2004	130297	213550	79501	15032	21011	10754	14909	0.74	0.91	0.61
2005	90366	152866	53420	14179	19944	10081	16820	0.71	0.86	0.58
2006	197314	333694	116672	11778	16564	8374	13095	0.65	0.81	0.52
2007	79256	138388	45390	14896	21709	10222	19233	0.58	0.72	0.47
2008	93951	157927	55892	19139	27946	13108	19667	0.63	0.78	0.51
2009	107942	181432	64220	17474	25407	12018	18951	0.59	0.74	0.47
2010	138625	224232	85701	15415	22251	10679	17633	0.51	0.64	0.41
2011	71204	116911	43367	17617	25485	12178	18908	0.45	0.56	0.36
2012	143437	232223	88597	18673	26806	13007	20893	0.46	0.59	0.36
2013	120329	195900	73910	20704	29786	14391	20757	0.45	0.57	0.35
2014	151261	245615	93153	22309	32250	15432	19181	0.39	0.51	0.31
2015	75972	122550	47097	23902	34313	16650	21077	0.38	0.48	0.29
2016	50234	83466	30233	26573	37713	18724	26831	0.43	0.54	0.35
2017	125138	209852	74622	33228	46478	23754	28461	0.55	0.71	0.43
2018	33595	55571	20309	24356	34916	16989	21792	0.63	0.79	0.50
2019	61325	103412	36367	17806	25922	12231	14359	0.54	0.67	0.43
2020	158190	254841	98195	14326	20688	9920	9525	0.40	0.50	0.31
2021	61654	101297	37525	12223	17695	8443	12923	0.32	0.42	0.25
2022	96750	164702	56834	15978	23066	11068	14461	0.33	0.42	0.25
2023	63355	106848	37566	19269	27796	13358	16527	0.36	0.47	0.28
2024	19371	33799	11102	19417	27519	13700	17403	0.42	0.54	0.32
2025	47718	93657	24312	18216	25772	12875	13122	0.43	0.57	0.32
2026	35288	93241	13355	16594	24435	11269
Average	145600	252477	84263	19042	27787	13061	35613	0.70	0.87	0.57

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2023

2024

2025

2024

2025

2026

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Above

MSY B_trigger

Below trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Undefined

B_pa,B_lim

Increased risk

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable