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Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in subareas 1-9, 12, and 14 (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters) (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.6992
Species: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Year:2017
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 9118
Stock Key: 136737

Year	Recruitment	High	Low	SSB	High	Low	Catches	F	High	Low
	Age 1							Ages 3-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes	Year-1
1981	3873800	6013224	2495554	2848318	3628731	2235745	922980	0.26	0.35	0.184
1982	4631025	7267142	2951145	2311530	2912735	1834417	550643	0.22	0.30	0.159
1983	17917609	27541203	11656742	1869746	2305591	1516293	553344	0.25	0.34	0.188
1984	17867374	27180858	11745142	1751579	2120102	1447113	615569	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9478922	14361216	6256431	2077490	2520389	1712420	678214	0.36	0.47	0.27
1986	7216911	10879800	4787202	2262124	2740548	1867219	847145	0.44	0.57	0.34
1987	9088875	13737512	6013290	1919302	2320704	1587329	654718	0.42	0.55	0.32
1988	6417562	9706583	4243007	1631183	1955338	1360766	552264	0.44	0.58	0.34
1989	8591218	13053146	5654501	1544207	1845862	1291849	630316	0.54	0.69	0.41
1990	18959441	29244024	12291756	1362283	1642892	1129603	558128	0.52	0.68	0.39
1991	9048738	14111111	5802496	1784519	2225362	1431007	364008	0.29	0.39	0.21
1992	6718375	10338787	4365750	2466363	3119035	1950265	474592	0.23	0.32	0.171
1993	4960963	7723651	3186466	2539304	3196705	2017097	475198	0.20	0.28	0.150
1994	7946169	12263829	5148604	2528268	3149099	2029832	457696	0.182	0.25	0.134
1995	9246816	14120704	6055195	2311005	2813751	1898087	505176	0.24	0.32	0.180
1996	27616800	42081382	18124111	2205180	2659052	1828780	621104	0.30	0.39	0.22
1997	44328895	67418753	29146948	2451549	2957578	2032100	639681	0.30	0.39	0.23
1998	26694986	40334879	17667644	3630276	4445229	2964731	1131955	0.40	0.53	0.31
1999	20415668	31009360	13441086	4364768	5367340	3549467	1261033	0.39	0.51	0.30
2000	39326162	59865207	25833821	4203899	5066590	3488100	1412449	0.48	0.62	0.37
2001	56189765	84873383	37199998	4561996	5472840	3802744	1771805	0.47	0.61	0.36
2002	49008984	74077342	32423957	5413532	6510405	4501459	1556955	0.47	0.61	0.36
2003	52753701	78644576	35386458	6851741	8279354	5670292	2365319	0.50	0.64	0.39
2004	28329330	42768020	18765212	6751329	8078601	5642121	2400795	0.54	0.69	0.42
2005	22004054	32947342	14695522	6014719	7200212	5024413	2018344	0.51	0.65	0.40
2006	8910800	13492269	5885027	5827692	7010600	4844377	1956239	0.46	0.60	0.36
2007	4895088	7453977	3214645	4636984	5598488	3840613	1612269	0.46	0.60	0.35
2008	5664722	8732128	3674829	3570518	4374147	2914533	1251851	0.41	0.55	0.31
2009	5670783	9070085	3545477	2735187	3442819	2173000	634978	0.26	0.37	0.190
2010	15066348	23473998	9670054	2649614	3406490	2060906	539539	0.186	0.26	0.131
2011	18528179	28637073	11987727	2664433	3416484	2077927	103771	0.052	0.077	0.035
2012	18460860	28205206	12082995	3342454	4189684	2666549	375692	0.113	0.154	0.083
2013	15528181	23995120	10048893	3639536	4491255	2949336	613863	0.20	0.27	0.149
2014	36212714	58028446	22598584	3859746	4768937	3123890	1147650	0.38	0.51	0.29
2015	59245602	98913860	35485840	4051466	5220383	3144285	1390656	0.50	0.68	0.36
2016	30197756	54149058	16840634	4671649	6584629	3314432	1180786	0.43	0.65	0.28
2017	8857470	21779510	3602229	6197320	9666741	3973084	1559437	0.40	0.71	0.23
2018				5906696
Average	19888396	31013345	12810134	3458145	4235262	2726924	983410	0.35	0.47	0.27

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Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

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MSY B_trigger

Above trigger

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Above

SSB_MGT

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