| Witch in Subarea 4 and divisions 3.a and 7.d. Annual catch scenarios. All weights are in tonnes. | ||||||||||
| Total catch (2027) | Projected landings (2027) | Projected discards (2027) | Ftotal ages 4-8 (2026 & 2027) | Flandings (2027) | Fdiscards (2027) | SSB (2027) | SSB (2028) | % SSB change | % Advice change | |
| MSY approach: FMSY | 1996 | 1917 | 79 | 0.163 | 0.153 | 0.010 | 5740 | 5942 | 6.5 | -8.7 |
| F = 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 6338 | 7796 | 17.6 | -100.0 |
| Fpa | 3100 | 2967 | 133 | 0.270 | 0.250 | 0.016 | 5400 | 5020 | 0.2 | 42.0 |
| Flim | 3711 | 3554 | 157 | 0.330 | 0.310 | 0.020 | 5204 | 4539 | -3.5 | 70.0 |
| F = F2026 | 1861 | 1787 | 74 | 0.151 | 0.142 | 0.009 | 5785 | 6053 | 7.3 | -14.9 |
| SSB (2028) = Blim | 5465 | 5219 | 246 | 0.540 | 0.510 | 0.033 | 4636 | 3293 | -14.0 | 150.0 |
| SSB (2028) = Bpa = MSY Btrigger | 3662 | 3507 | 155 | 0.330 | 0.310 | 0.020 | 5221 | 4576 | -3.1 | 67.0 |
| Rollover advice | 2187 | 2096 | 91 | 0.180 | 0.169 | 0.011 | 5679 | 5777 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| FMSY lower | 1400 | 1343 | 57 | 0.111 | 0.104 | 0.007 | 5937 | 6464 | 10.1 | -36.0 |
| FMSY upper | 2637 | 2524 | 113 | 0.220 | 0.210 | 0.014 | 5543 | 5388 | 2.8 | 21.0 |