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