Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Division 7.e (western English Channel)

Based on the most recent estimate of SSB (in 2009) ICES classifies this stock as being at risk of reduced reproductive capacity. SSB has been declining since 2000 and is now close to Blim. Based on the most recent estimate of F (in 2008) ICES classifies this stock as being at risk of being harvested unsustainably. Fishing mortality has shown an increase in recent years but this may be due to the retrospective bias. Fishing mortality remained above Fpa since the late 1980s