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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

Species: Micromesistius poutassou
Stock code: whb.27.1-91214
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2024
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19138
Stock Key: 169301

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	SSB	97.5%	2.5%	Catches	F	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 1							Ages 3-7
	thousands			tonnes			tonnes
1981	3926845	6043021	2551722	2848892	3598033	2255728	922980	0.26	0.35	0.190
1982	4654237	7237600	2992970	2302292	2875920	1843079	550643	0.22	0.30	0.165
1983	18405152	28047301	12077798	1857051	2271301	1518354	553344	0.26	0.34	0.193
1984	18155595	27431525	12016308	1756978	2115650	1459112	615569	0.32	0.42	0.24
1985	9530567	14353431	6328222	2095589	2529496	1736113	678214	0.36	0.46	0.28
1986	7191160	10764825	4803867	2275099	2741513	1888037	847145	0.44	0.56	0.34
1987	9135654	13704273	6090084	1930088	2322392	1604053	654718	0.42	0.54	0.33
1988	6388336	9586718	4257018	1633741	1950015	1368764	552264	0.44	0.57	0.34
1989	8492077	12796930	5635364	1544593	1838304	1297809	630316	0.53	0.68	0.41
1990	19030268	29046812	12467843	1360151	1632212	1133437	558128	0.52	0.67	0.40
1991	9018525	13934129	5837021	1781013	2208611	1436200	364008	0.29	0.39	0.22
1992	6675905	10192239	4372710	2459569	3090469	1957463	474592	0.23	0.32	0.174
1993	4904147	7572314	3176130	2536344	3172781	2027571	475198	0.21	0.28	0.152
1994	8083361	12360767	5286138	2526866	3127299	2041715	457696	0.185	0.25	0.137
1995	9246748	14000963	6106890	2301943	2786950	1901341	505176	0.24	0.32	0.183
1996	28121180	42500998	18606640	2202930	2641448	1837212	621104	0.30	0.39	0.23
1997	45282850	68281600	30030587	2465258	2962145	2051721	639681	0.30	0.39	0.23
1998	26662834	40000479	17772455	3676469	4480518	3016711	1131955	0.40	0.52	0.31
1999	20193121	30402296	13412216	4435534	5425016	3626526	1261033	0.39	0.50	0.30
2000	39519157	59677612	26170011	4232552	5080275	3526285	1412449	0.48	0.61	0.37
2001	56086117	83991123	37452202	4582269	5476836	3833818	1771805	0.47	0.60	0.36
2002	48895162	73202828	32659078	5411589	6477902	4520799	1556955	0.47	0.61	0.37
2003	52380059	77282815	35501690	6859117	8234540	5713432	2365319	0.50	0.63	0.39
2004	28652562	42288903	19413350	6758279	8009883	5702248	2400795	0.54	0.68	0.43
2005	22322273	32884467	15152560	6009385	7106856	5081389	2018344	0.50	0.64	0.40
2006	9034025	13453556	6066322	5896622	6993995	4971428	1956239	0.46	0.58	0.36
2007	4809843	7160504	3230861	4686309	5574917	3939339	1612269	0.46	0.59	0.35
2008	5742047	8655508	3809263	3598632	4338131	2985192	1251851	0.40	0.54	0.30
2009	5633746	8746335	3628845	2749173	3395325	2225988	634978	0.26	0.36	0.193
2010	15015023	22785446	9894514	2673098	3361955	2125387	539539	0.182	0.25	0.131
2011	19159570	28769879	12759495	2688865	3354527	2155295	103771	0.053	0.077	0.037
2012	19252142	28447573	13029055	3421999	4159260	2815423	375692	0.113	0.149	0.085
2013	15805467	23268662	10736019	3749778	4471478	3144561	613863	0.197	0.26	0.151
2014	36894106	54672696	24896797	3985522	4696694	3382036	1147650	0.38	0.49	0.29
2015	63638331	93648041	43245295	4145565	4884772	3518222	1390656	0.50	0.64	0.39
2016	34357007	50429332	23407091	4867833	5821863	4070140	1180786	0.44	0.57	0.35
2017	11536456	17091283	7787001	5991886	7213706	4977011	1555069	0.43	0.54	0.33
2018	12144271	17884789	8246300	5837165	6989193	4875025	1709856	0.44	0.56	0.34
2019	13658936	20504781	9098684	5002721	5958267	4200420	1512026	0.40	0.52	0.31
2020	23528708	35742849	15488416	4113815	4885065	3464328	1460507	0.46	0.59	0.36
2021	68154846	105414359	44064994	3899370	4691539	3240960	1139531	0.42	0.55	0.32
2022	74145073	118698003	46314949	4503139	5724601	3542301	1035891	0.42	0.56	0.31
2023	23710169	41459761	13559463	6401983	8645654	4740576	1737097	0.50	0.72	0.35
2024	16667202	37069399	7493934	6827792	10035433	4645414	1881072	0.51	0.85	0.31
2025				5966970
Average	22360020	34124744	14702913	3752263	4530744	3031772	1064949	0.37	0.49	0.28

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