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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: Southern Substock
Assessment Year:2026
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 26002
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	201963	357336	114147	24595	40788	14831	54821	0.84	1.06	0.67
1984	424075	851900	211104	22633	37550	13642	69834	0.98	1.25	0.77
1985	80985	156769	41836	28361	45550	17658	66072	1.00	1.28	0.78
1986	543548	1041701	283618	25208	40263	15782	65668	1.05	1.34	0.82
1987	228265	416243	125179	23892	38483	14834	81225	0.99	1.26	0.78
1988	161644	285543	91506	25573	40998	15952	68291	0.93	1.18	0.73
1989	191710	366341	100324	37917	57563	24977	62087	1.00	1.27	0.78
1990	84529	158529	45071	35771	54741	23375	49291	1.06	1.37	0.83
1991	97283	185826	50930	34408	53346	22193	38339	1.08	1.37	0.85
1992	168570	322084	88225	28523	45022	18070	36675	0.97	1.21	0.77
1993	114520	197456	66419	22779	36501	14215	35600	0.93	1.16	0.74
1994	262985	494166	139956	26079	41377	16437	40145	0.92	1.14	0.74
1995	160579	293008	88003	25102	39055	16133	55725	1.05	1.29	0.85
1996	137153	234125	80345	24954	38246	16282	53819	1.11	1.36	0.91
1997	349584	620198	197048	24478	37476	15988	49440	0.97	1.20	0.78
1998	35561	62136	20352	25692	39483	16718	46015	1.06	1.30	0.87
1999	65838	120906	35852	35675	53347	23857	32957	1.11	1.36	0.90
2000	68065	123402	37543	24349	36155	16398	24093	1.11	1.39	0.88
2001	45776	78849	26575	15780	23726	10495	15999	0.96	1.21	0.75
2002	92127	155166	54699	18710	28061	12475	13762	0.94	1.18	0.74
2003	35337	62063	20120	18133	26679	12325	13903	0.87	1.11	0.69
2004	56558	100846	31719	18656	27208	12792	11484	0.86	1.09	0.67
2005	63034	111081	35769	15023	22430	10062	10296	0.79	1.02	0.62
2006	76420	137236	42555	15769	23972	10373	7380	0.70	0.90	0.55
2007	94085	160295	55223	17802	26850	11803	11693	0.65	0.82	0.51
2008	84460	144202	49469	26256	38987	17682	14984	0.71	0.91	0.55
2009	33598	62372	18099	26945	39353	18449	15284	0.67	0.88	0.52
2010	56653	98697	32519	23712	34682	16211	12620	0.61	0.82	0.45
2011	40742	71487	23220	19538	28909	13204	10556	0.54	0.75	0.39
2012	39302	71544	21590	22313	33183	15004	9884	0.55	0.77	0.40
2013	40297	73056	22227	18790	28207	12517	9300	0.54	0.76	0.38
2014	51106	92661	28187	18893	28842	12376	7969	0.48	0.68	0.34
2015	16263	30078	8793	21853	33141	14410	7884	0.47	0.67	0.33
2016	11168	21239	5873	17943	27243	11818	7780	0.53	0.76	0.37
2017	27430	51658	14565	10089	15822	6434	6193	0.64	0.91	0.45
2018	10775	20171	5755	6720	10994	4107	4233	0.75	1.05	0.53
2019	16628	31057	8903	4348	7208	2623	2764	0.64	0.89	0.46
2020	23858	44821	12700	3878	6287	2392	2084	0.48	0.67	0.34
2021	19297	34965	10650	6690	10645	4205	2717	0.40	0.57	0.28
2022	30936	57903	16528	8649	13465	5555	3027	0.39	0.57	0.27
2023	19852	37048	10638	9969	15490	6415	4060	0.46	0.66	0.32
2024	20322	36216	11403	9111	14190	5850	4022	0.52	0.76	0.35
2025	29031	67529	12480	8741	13496	5662	3228	0.51	0.76	0.34
2026	15810	58600	4265	8520	13870	5234
Average	100630	186330	54591	20200	31111	13132	26586	0.79	1.02	0.61

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

Reduced reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable