COD Gadus morhua

Advice 2024/2025

213 214

tonnes

Advice 2023/2024

211 309

tonnes

Advice change

1 %

Publication of Advice: 7. June 2024. Published by Marine and Freshwater Research Institute.


Advice

MFRI and ICES advise that when the Icelandic management plan is applied, catches in the fishing year 2024/2025 should be no more than 213 214 tonnes.

Stock development

Fishing pressure is below HRMGT, HRMSY, and HRpa; spawning stock size is above MSY Btrigger, Bpa, and Blim.

0 100 200 300 400 500 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Thous. tonnes B o t t o m t r a w l D e m e r s a l s e i n e G i l l n e t L o n g l i n e O t h e r a n d u n d e f i n e d Catches 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Millions R e c r u i t m e n t ( a g e 3 ) H R M G T H R p a H R M S Y 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Harvest rate B t r i g g e r B l i m B p a 0 300 600 900 1200 1500 1800 2100 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021 Thous. tonnes R e f e r e n c e b i o m a s s S S B Biomass

Cod. Catch by gear type, recruitment, harvest rate, reference stock biomass (B4+) and spawning stock biomass (SSB). Shaded areas and error bars show 95% confidence intervals.

Basis of the assessment and reference points

Prospects

Cod. Assumptions made for the interim year and in the forecast.

Cod. Projection of reference biomass and SSB (tonnes) based on adopted harvest control rule.

Quality of the assessment

The current population dynamic estimates are in line with estimates from the previous three years.

H R M G T H R p a H R M S Y B l i m B t r i g g e r B p a R e f e r e n c e b i o m a s s S S B H a r v e s t r a t e R e c r u i t m e n t 2012 2016 2020 2024 2012 2016 2020 2024 2012 2016 2020 2024 2012 2016 2020 2024 0 50 100 150 0 200 400 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0 500 1000

Þorskur. Current assessment (red line) compared with previous estimates (2020–2023).

Advice, TAC and Catch

Cod. Recommended TAC according to management plan, national TAC, and catches (tonnes).

References and further reading

ICES 2010. Report of the Ad hoc Group on Icelandic Cod HCR Evaluation (AGICOD), ICES CM 2009/ACOM:56. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5279

ICES. 2021. Workshop on the re-evaluation of management plan for the Icelandic cod stock (WKICE-COD). ICES Scientific Reports. 3:30. 85 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7987

Höskuldur Björnsson og Einar Hjörleifsson, 2014. Athugun á aflareglu fyrir íslenskan þorsk. Hafrannsóknastofnun. http://www.hafro.is/images/HCR_Evaluations/iCod_endurskodun_a_aflareglu_2014.pdf

MII. 2015. Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation’s fisheries management plan for Icelandic cod.

MFRI Assessment Reports 2024. Cod. Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, 7 June 2024.

Stofnmatsskýrslur Hafrannsóknastofnunar 2024. Þorskur. Hafrannsóknastofnun, 7. júní 2024.