HADDOCK Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Advice 2024/2025

76 774

tonnes

Advice 2023/2024

76 415

tonnes

Advice change

0 %

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 76 774 tonnes.

Stock development

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

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 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 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 g e a r Catches 0 100 200 300 400 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Millions R e c r u i t m e n t ( a g e 2 ) H R M G T H R M S Y H R l i m H R p a 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Harvest rate B t r i g g e r B p a B l i m 0 50 100 150 200 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 Thous. tonnes R e f e r e n c e b i o m a s s S S B Biomass

Haddock. Catch by gear type, recruitment, fishing mortality and harvest rate, reference stock biomass (B45+ cm) and spawning stock biomass (SSB). Shaded areas and error bars show 95% confidence intervals.

Basis of the assessment and reference points

Prospects

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

Haddock. Projection of SSB (tonnes) based on adopted harvest control rule.

Quality of the assessment

Although this assessment consistently underestimates SSB and overestimates harvest rate, it is considered to be within acceptable limits.

H R M G T H R M S Y H R p a H R l i m B p a B l i m B t r i g g e r 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 50 100 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0 50 100 150

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

Other information

Landings of haddock in Icelandic Waters have consistently exceeded the advised catch in recent years, mainly related to quota transfers between species. This results in a harvest rate higher than HRpa but within the realised harvest rates in the evaluation of the management plan.

Advice, tac and catch

Haddock. Recommended TAC, national TAC, and catches (tonnes).

References and further reading

ICES. 2019. Workshop on the benchmark assessment and management plan evaluation for Icelandic haddock and saithe (WKICEMSE). ICES Scientific Reports. 1:10. 107 pp. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5091

MFRI Assessment Reports 2023. Haddock. Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, 7. June 2024.

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