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Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in Subarea 4 and Division 7.d (North Sea and 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
DOI: 10.17895/ices.data.7259
Species: Merlangius merlangus
Stock code: whg.27.47d
Assessment Year:2019
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 11587
Stock Key: 169302

Year	Recruitment	High	Low	SSB	High	Low	Landings	Discards	Industrial	F	High	Low	LandingsBMS
	Age 0								Bycatch	Ages 2-6
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	tonnes	tonnes	Year-1			tonnes
1978	31872376	42854774	23704438	333397	379130	293181	97553	35382	55287	0.67	0.77	0.58	0
1979	24300701	32483614	18179137	378971	427145	336231	107231	77391	58948	0.66	0.75	0.58	0
1980	13224104	17459415	10016195	387148	437128	342883	100775	77003	45584	0.76	0.86	0.67	0
1981	11865515	15644279	8999485	354613	400717	313812	89583	35894	66641	0.76	0.86	0.67	0
1982	11271239	14839756	8560843	296925	334997	263180	80576	26620	33055	0.61	0.70	0.54	0
1983	15332814	20201480	11637523	254716	284115	228358	88002	49562	23753	0.68	0.77	0.60	0
1984	12958941	17130414	9803275	202088	224438	181964	86275	40483	18878	0.79	0.89	0.69	0
1985	21031885	27741952	15944811	190643	214331	169573	56059	28961	15310	0.76	0.85	0.67	0
1986	18546170	24395938	14099085	204610	229745	182225	64019	79523	17953	0.82	0.92	0.73	0
1987	15622505	20619665	11836403	201968	227672	179166	68317	53901	16519	0.93	1.04	0.83	0
1988	20391066	27000144	15399754	206030	233376	181888	56100	28146	48969	0.79	0.89	0.70	0
1989	13357133	17517581	10184796	208797	234762	185703	45103	35787	42643	0.84	0.95	0.75	0
1990	12423940	16206313	9524331	203358	228551	180942	45662	55603	51337	0.76	0.86	0.67	0
1991	12864278	16645820	9941815	203119	227841	181080	51929	35058	39755	0.64	0.73	0.56	0
1992	14719730	19020711	11391291	198615	221525	178074	50946	32564	25045	0.59	0.67	0.52	0
1993	14052649	18162264	10872926	188708	209831	169711	51818	44370	20723	0.63	0.72	0.56	0
1994	12645504	16364107	9771922	182616	203031	164255	48486	35692	17473	0.66	0.75	0.58	0
1995	10381631	13518928	7972398	185221	206785	165905	45938	32176	27379	0.61	0.70	0.54	0
1996	8469254	11210185	6398491	166690	186257	149178	40503	30505	5116	0.55	0.64	0.48	0
1997	14017367	18514489	10612584	151645	169766	135457	35563	19660	6213	0.44	0.52	0.38	0
1998	23317972	30823971	17639772	130558	145909	116822	28288	15693	3494	0.40	0.47	0.34	0
1999	23935119	31754003	18041503	131452	148244	116562	30130	25677	5038	0.45	0.52	0.38	0
2000	21240380	28293178	15945673	166681	191337	145202	28583	26063	9160	0.49	0.58	0.41	0
2001	21620487	28888227	16181175	185406	217560	158004	25061	19237	944	0.37	0.46	0.30	0
2002	11246935	14917125	8479754	188806	222894	159931	20675	18501	7275	0.28	0.35	0.22	0
2003	10798107	14184607	8220116	177787	209912	150578	16161	26745	2734	0.22	0.28	0.173	0
2004	12223974	16101013	9280505	172470	203102	146457	13295	19048	1214	0.182	0.23	0.145	0
2005	11389128	15029109	8630733	154258	180366	131930	15471	12525	888	0.163	0.20	0.132	0
2006	9711377	12829817	7350911	142616	165219	123105	18535	16310	1924	0.194	0.24	0.160	0
2007	15398634	20318231	11670205	125806	144978	109170	18915	6971	1088	0.188	0.23	0.155	0
2008	14753261	19446832	11192502	129167	147930	112784	17951	10296	0	0.184	0.22	0.153	0
2009	13926062	18380551	10551109	135173	155120	117791	18403	8684	1344	0.22	0.26	0.178	0
2010	13960028	18739521	10399538	159680	184282	138363	19846	12683	1907	0.25	0.30	0.20	0
2011	10103265	13407795	7613181	147580	171450	127033	18461	11173	1035	0.22	0.26	0.174	0
2012	7528980	10128806	5596469	154092	180193	131772	17407	11697	1117	0.22	0.27	0.174	0
2013	12117709	16294204	9011724	146939	173181	124673	18211	6795	1654	0.21	0.26	0.166	0
2014	16080625	21919505	11797096	140232	166321	118235	17027	9725	1623	0.24	0.30	0.187	0
2015	15024074	20896366	10802012	149798	180917	124032	17299	16891	2097	0.26	0.34	0.20	0
2016	16177054	23128042	11315142	158649	196860	127855	16118	12726	4551	0.25	0.33	0.188	0
2017	9029636	13392934	6087861	167485	214381	130848	15361	11348	2635	0.21	0.29	0.153	0.2
2018	7965668	13535888	4687677	172592	228754	130218	16444	9896	1698	0.199	0.29	0.139	45.7
2019	11883334			163406	225599	118359
Average	14732872	19754672	11106004	192869	222277	167678	41904	28365	16829	0.47	0.55	0.41	1.12

Fishing pressure

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2018

2019

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Above

MSY B_trigger

Below trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa,B_lim

Increased risk

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable