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Publication - Statistics

Fish and Shellfish Stocks 2012

Published
7 May 2012
Part of
Marine and fisheries
ISBN
9781780458038

Fish and Shellfish Stocks 2012. State of Scottish fish stocks, TACs and biology of the stocks for 2012.

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FISH STOCK SUMMARY TABLE 2012

Stock ICES Reference Points Current Assessment Outcomes for EU Fisheries ?
B lim
(t)		 B pa
(t)		 F lim F pa MSY
B trigger (t)		 F MSY F
2010		 SSB (t)
2011		 TAC
(t)		 UK Quota
(t)
Mackerel - Northeast Atlantic 1,670,000 2,300,000 0.42 0.23 2,200,000 0.22 0.258 2,907,519 278,948 152,368
Herring - North Sea 800,000 1,300,000 ND 0.12 1
0.25 2		 ND 0.25 0.025 1
0.118 2		 1,714,498 405,000 57,836
Herring - West of Scotland 50,000 ND ND ND ND 0.25 0.266 80,998 22,900 3 13,438 3
Haddock - North Sea 100,000 140,000 1.0 0.70 140,000 0.3 0.233 235,072 30,132 25,386
Haddock - West of Scotland 22,000 30,000 ND 0.50 30,000 0.3 0.288 42,182 6,015 4,683
Haddock - Rockall 6,000 9,000 ND 0.40 9,000 0.3 0.153 13,036 3,300 2,660
Cod - North Sea 70,000 150,000 0.86 0.65 150,000 0.19 0.676 54,721 21,974 10,311
Cod - West of Scotland 14,000 22,000 0.80 0.60 22,000 0.19 0.824* 8,720 0 0
Whiting - North Sea ND ND ND ND Undefined Undefined 0.272 205,282 15,750 10,539
Whiting - West of Scotland 16,000 22,000 1.0 0.60 Undefined Undefined Uncertain Uncertain 307 176
Saithe - Northern shelf 106,000 200,000 0.60 0.40 200 000 0.3 0.383 169,000 87,550 9,472
Monkfish - Northern shelf ND ND ND ND Undefined Undefined Uncertain Uncertain 15,844 9,319

?Provisional values at time of going to press subject to change
*Total mortality (Z)
1For juvenile North Sea herring - ages 0-1
2For adult North Sea herring - ages 2-6
3Not including Clyde fishery
ND = not defined
(t) = metric tonnes

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