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Ling (Molva molva) in Division 5.a (Iceland grounds) (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: Molva molva
Stock code: lin.27.5a
Assessment Component:
Assessment Year:2025
Purpose:Advice
Assessment Key: 19540
Stock Key: 169135

Year	Recruitment	97.5%	2.5%	Biomass	97.5%	2.5%	Total	Fishing Pressure	97.5%	2.5%
	Age 2						Catch	Ages 8-11
							tonnes
1979	2648	3854	1819	17542	22480	13689	5315	0.44	0.65	0.29
1980	2850	3867	2100	16579	21148	12997	4645	0.48	0.75	0.31
1981	3179	4183	2416	15071	19173	11847	4520	0.53	0.81	0.35
1982	3522	4583	2707	13681	17229	10863	4990	0.64	0.94	0.44
1983	3773	4882	2916	12133	15058	9775	5123	0.74	1.01	0.54
1984	3721	4803	2883	10482	12887	8525	3880	0.64	0.83	0.49
1985	3457	4451	2685	10229	12334	8483	3449	0.54	0.69	0.42
1986	3568	4599	2768	10591	12492	8980	3596	0.50	0.63	0.40
1987	3838	4954	2974	11841	13758	10191	4974	0.59	0.73	0.47
1988	3695	4753	2872	12165	13990	10578	5846	0.65	0.80	0.53
1989	3312	4230	2592	11618	13316	10136	5547	0.64	0.78	0.53
1990	2870	3647	2258	11511	13217	10025	5560	0.66	0.78	0.55
1991	2618	3331	2058	10017	11469	8748	5780	0.70	0.83	0.58
1992	2670	3393	2101	9573	10738	8533	5086	0.66	0.80	0.55
1993	2902	3687	2284	9168	10109	8313	4046	0.56	0.68	0.47
1994	2739	3491	2148	11410	12471	10440	4114	0.52	0.61	0.44
1995	2570	3283	2012	11824	12895	10843	4015	0.56	0.65	0.48
1996	2547	3252	1994	11622	12661	10668	4125	0.59	0.68	0.51
1997	2631	3356	2064	10443	11405	9563	3906	0.58	0.67	0.49
1998	3042	3868	2392	10490	11491	9577	4394	0.58	0.67	0.50
1999	3764	4775	2966	10620	11625	9703	4624	0.65	0.76	0.56
2000	4483	5684	3536	10614	11641	9677	3284	0.47	0.55	0.40
2001	4778	6070	3761	11556	12653	10554	3362	0.46	0.53	0.39
2002	5992	7578	4739	12850	14048	11754	4519	0.52	0.60	0.45
2003	7184	9118	5660	14848	16230	13583	4270	0.48	0.56	0.42
2004	8513	10897	6651	17170	18724	15744	4606	0.49	0.57	0.42
2005	9419	12082	7344	19980	21760	18345	5198	0.46	0.53	0.40
2006	10792	13888	8387	22892	24889	21056	7404	0.55	0.63	0.47
2007	10930	14075	8487	27426	29863	25187	7591	0.50	0.57	0.43
2008	11136	14171	8750	30091	32859	27556	9283	0.53	0.61	0.46
2009	10658	13685	8301	33365	36449	30542	10945	0.55	0.63	0.48
2010	7140	9061	5627	32195	35254	29402	11131	0.53	0.61	0.46
2011	4964	6329	3893	25709	28283	23370	9626	0.45	0.53	0.39
2012	3752	4847	2904	32187	35390	29274	11817	0.55	0.65	0.47
2013	4273	5538	3298	32325	35668	29296	11581	0.45	0.52	0.38
2014	4092	5324	3145	38130	42196	34456	14246	0.49	0.58	0.42
2015	4205	5466	3234	36301	40425	32598	13035	0.51	0.60	0.43
2016	5315	6996	4038	40219	45230	35763	9884	0.40	0.47	0.33
2017	4335	5652	3325	35776	40483	31616	8766	0.39	0.47	0.33
2018	3420	4475	2614	37563	42597	33124	8062	0.35	0.42	0.29
2019	3132	4146	2366	31682	36138	27774	8269	0.36	0.44	0.30
2020	2677	3643	1967	32063	36983	27798	7061	0.32	0.38	0.26
2021	3194	4463	2286	29903	34812	25687	7128	0.29	0.35	0.23
2022	2611	3951	1726	33189	39233	28076	7657	0.28	0.36	0.23
2023	3130	5152	1902	32501	39389	26817	8534	0.31	0.40	0.24
2024	3622	6740	1946	31024	39194	24556	8862	0.38	0.51	0.28
2025	3837	7922	1858	27409	37545	20010
Average	4543	6004	3463	20800	23827	18215	6601	0.51	0.63	0.42

Fishing pressure

Stock size

2022

2023

2024

2023

2024

2025

Maximum sustainable yield

F_MSY

Above

MSY B_trigger

Undefined

Precautionary approach

F_pa,F_lim

Harvested sustainably

B_pa,B_lim

Full reproductive capacity

Management plan

F_MGT

Above

B_MGT

Above