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Fish and Shellfish Stocks: 2015 Edition
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 2015
| ICES Reference Points | Current Assessment | Outcomes for EU Fisheries | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | Blim (t) | Bpa (t) | Flim | Fpa | MSY Btrigger (t) | F MSY | F 2013 | SSB (t) 2014 | TAC (t) | UK Quota (t) |
| Mackerel - Northeast Atlantic | 1,840,000 | 2,300,000 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 2,360,000 | 0.25 | 0.217 | 4,421,546 | 521,6893 | 247,296 |
| Herring - North Sea | 800,000 | 1,000,000 | ND | ND | ND | 0.27 | 0.0331 0.1212 | 1,900,000 | 267,197 | 62,292 |
| Herring - West of Scotland | 50,000 | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0.25 | 0.268 | 80, 836 | 22,690 | 13, 711 |
| Haddock - North Sea, Skagerrak and West of Scotland | 63,000 | 88,000 | ND | ND | 88,000 | 0.35 | 0.183 | 173,360 | 32,108 | 40,882 |
| Haddock - Rockall | 6,000 | 9,000 | ND | 0.40 | 9,000 | 0.3 | 0.246 | 2,743 | 2,580 | 2, 079 |
| Cod - North Sea | 70,000 | 150,000 | 0.86 | 0.65 | 150,000 | 0.19 | 0.398 | 68, 528 | 24,227 | 11, 369 |
| Cod - West of Scotland | 14,000 | 22,000 | 0.80 | 0.60 | 22,000 | 0.19 | 0.990 | 2,043 | 0 | 0 |
| Whiting - North Sea | 184,000 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0.186 | 204,360 | 13,060 | 8,739 |
| Whiting - West of Scotland | 16,000 | 22,000 | 1.0 | 0.60 | ND | ND | Uncertain | Uncertain | 263 | 150 |
| Saithe - North Sea and West of Scotland | 106,000 | 200,000 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 200,000 | 0.3 | 0.301 | 188,837 | 37,732 | 8,271 |
| Monkfish - North Sea, Celtic Sea and West of Scotland | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Uncertain | Uncertain | 14,703 | 9,276 |
1 For juvenile North Sea herring - ages 0-1
2 For adult North Sea herring - ages 2-6
3 EU TAC only
ND = not defined
(t) = metric tonnes
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