Witch in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d. Annual catch scenarios. All weights are in tonnes.

Total catch (2025) Projected landings (2025) Projected discards (2025) Ftotal ages 4-8 (2024 & 2025) Flandings (2025) Fdiscards (2025) SSB (2025) SSB (2026) % SSB change % Advice change

MSY approach: Fmsy (AR)1930 1814 116 0.163 0.157 0.006 5282 5834 12.6 22.0
FMSY upper (AR)2551 2390 161 0.220 0.210 0.008 5122 5350 9.2 62.0
FMSY lower (AR)1351 1269 82 0.111 0.107 0.004 5443 6315 16.0 -14.4
F = 00 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 5802 7497 24.0 -100.0
Fpa2999 2808 191 0.270 0.260 0.010 5005 5007 6.7 90.0
Flim3602 3368 234 0.330 0.320 0.013 4835 4583 3.1 128.0
Fsq2384 2238 146 0.210 0.198 0.008 5169 5476 10.2 51.0
SSB (2026) = Blim5620 5232 388 0.580 0.560 0.022 4224 3293 -10.0 260.0
SSB (2026) = Bpa3614 3378 236 0.330 0.320 0.012 4832 4576 3.0 129.0
SSB (2026) = MSY Btrigger3614 3378 236 0.330 0.320 0.012 4832 4576 3.0 129.0
Rollover advice1579 1485 94 0.131 0.126 0.005 5379 6184 14.7 0.0