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Fish and Shellfish Stocks: 2013
Information on the state of fish and shellfish stocks of commercial importance to the Scottish fleet, inclduing Total Allowable Catches (TACs) for each stock.
Fish Stock Summary Table 2013
| ICES Reference Points | Current Assessment | Outcomes for EU Fisheries |
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| Stock | B lim (t) | B pa (t) | F lim | F pa | MSY B trigger (t) |
F MSY | F 2011 |
SSB (t) 2012 |
TAC (t) | UK Quota (t) |
| Mackerel - Northeast Atlantic |
1,670,000 | 2,300,000 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 2,200,000 | 0.22 | 0.308 | 2,677,000 | 296,5383 | 160,118 |
| Herring - North Sea |
800,000 | 1,300,000 | ND | 0.121 0.252 |
ND | 0.25 | 0.0261 0.0932 |
2,271,364 | 478,000 | 70,965 |
| Herring - West of Scotland |
50,000 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0.25 | 0.18 | 101,313 | 27,480 | 16,604 |
| Haddock - North Sea |
100,000 | 140,000 | 1.0 | 0.70 | 140,000 | 0.3 | 0.298 | 272,592 | 47,810 | 29,194 |
| Haddock - West of Scotland |
22,000 | 30,000 | ND | 0.50 | 30,000 | 0.3 | 0.219 | 24,804 | 4,211 | 3,278 |
| Haddock - Rockall |
6,000 | 9,000 | ND | 0.40 | 9,000 | 0.3 | 0.124 | 10,654 | 990 | 798 |
| Cod - North Sea |
70,000 | 150,000 | 0.86 | 0.65 | 150,000 | 0.19 | 0.572 | 65,300 | 26,475 | 10,454 |
| Cod - West of Scotland |
14,000 | 22,000 | 0.80 | 0.60 | 22,000 | 0.19 | 0.924* | 3,707 | 0 | 0 |
| Whiting - North Sea |
ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0.174 | 306,814 | 18,932 | 11,402 |
| Whiting - West of Scotland |
16,000 | 22,000 | 1.0 | 0.60 | ND | ND | Uncertain | Uncertain | 292 | 167 |
| Saithe - Northern shelf |
106,000 | 200,000 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 200 000 | 0.3 | 0.284 | 216,941 | 100,684 | 10,527 |
| Monkfish - Northern shelf |
ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Uncertain | Uncertain | 15,127 | 8,866 |