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Blue whiting in Subareas I-IX, XII and XIV (Combined stock) (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.6818
Species: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb-comb
Assessment Year:2016
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 7976
Stock Key: 136737

Year	Recruitment (age 1)	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Total	F	97.5%	2.5%
							Catch	Ages 3-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	Year-1
1981	3838871	5912627	2492450	2840555	3610440	2234839	923000	0.25	0.35	0.182
1982	4617053	7169714	2973225	2308694	2904159	1835323	551000	0.22	0.29	0.157
1983	17256711	26289732	11327392	1869115	2304659	1515883	553000	0.25	0.33	0.185
1984	17410430	26249995	11547548	1737993	2102535	1436657	616000	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9423303	14145866	6277356	2055796	2491743	1696121	678000	0.36	0.47	0.27
1986	7276066	10887006	4862782	2244999	2719421	1853343	847000	0.44	0.57	0.34
1987	9095659	13644895	6063148	1910529	2310147	1580039	655000	0.42	0.56	0.33
1988	6501860	9765235	4329050	1627634	1951532	1357494	552000	0.45	0.59	0.34
1989	8707052	13135512	5771587	1544325	1847092	1291186	630000	0.54	0.70	0.41
1990	18862487	28925473	12300349	1366379	1647302	1133363	558000	0.52	0.69	0.40
1991	9093984	14054006	5884483	1789828	2227762	1437984	364000	0.29	0.40	0.21
1992	6717404	10256585	4399467	2469241	3117337	1955885	475000	0.23	0.32	0.170
1993	5011587	7738172	3245728	2539181	3191846	2019971	475000	0.20	0.28	0.149
1994	7895935	12091103	5156336	2530060	3147869	2033505	458000	0.182	0.25	0.133
1995	9293593	14090441	6129750	2316577	2818994	1903703	505000	0.24	0.32	0.178
1996	27144300	41037828	17954483	2206320	2659468	1830385	621000	0.29	0.39	0.22
1997	43484969	65687990	28786732	2440195	2939722	2025550	640000	0.30	0.39	0.22
1998	26810589	40201459	17880139	3595118	4396065	2940101	1132000	0.40	0.53	0.31
1999	20823338	31405076	13807048	4327262	5314630	3523330	1261000	0.39	0.51	0.29
2000	39447425	59581340	26117227	4196062	5055551	3482693	1412000	0.48	0.62	0.37
2001	56348281	84551517	37552594	4562747	5473235	3803720	1772000	0.46	0.60	0.36
2002	49510327	74283029	32999092	5443674	6547631	4525849	1557000	0.47	0.61	0.36
2003	52916331	78515898	35663326	6875311	8316034	5684188	2365000	0.49	0.64	0.38
2004	28824194	43395755	19145517	6791147	8140614	5665381	2401000	0.54	0.69	0.42
2005	22266769	33258797	14907605	6062446	7273412	5053097	2018000	0.51	0.66	0.40
2006	9127776	13790163	6041720	5875110	7089970	4868415	1956000	0.46	0.60	0.36
2007	5038340	7680658	3305039	4686640	5681204	3866187	1612000	0.46	0.60	0.35
2008	5699714	8772355	3703308	3617723	4451969	2939804	1252000	0.41	0.55	0.30
2009	5785322	9260002	3614464	2781230	3518267	2198594	635000	0.26	0.37	0.189
2010	15064115	23629765	9603462	2677882	3461833	2071461	540000	0.184	0.26	0.129
2011	18622510	29067666	11930710	2686041	3473362	2077185	104000	0.052	0.078	0.034
2012	19054700	29693976	12227449	3339257	4242827	2628115	376000	0.115	0.159	0.083
2013	16642001	26832432	10321696	3643950	4609664	2880551	614000	0.20	0.28	0.148
2014	38952418	67576940	22452791	3920996	5099750	3014699	1148000	0.38	0.54	0.27
2015	67872796	128213581	35930019	4292740	6140542	3000975	1391000	0.47	0.71	0.30
2016	26973000			5031888	8244304	3071199	1147000	0.39	0.70	0.21
2017				6804000
Average	20483645	31736931	13048716	3432666	4181191	2678799	966500	0.35	0.47	0.26

Fishing pressure

Stock size

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2015

2016

2017

Maximum Sustainable Yield

F_MSY

Above

MSY B_Trigger

Above trigger

Precautionary Approach

F_pa, F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa, B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Not applicable

B_MGT

Not applicable