Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in Division VIId (Eastern English Channel) (update)

The present advice replaces the advice given for this stock in June 2015.

ICES advises that when the MSY approach is applied, catches of the Division VIId plaice stock in 2016 should be no more than 16 923 tonnes. If discard rates do not change from the average (2012–2014), this implies landings of the Division VIId plaice stock of no more than 10 855 tonnes.

 Assuming the same proportion of the Division VIIe and Subarea IV plaice stocks is taken in Division VIId as during 2003–2014, this will correspond to catches of plaice in Division VIId in 2016 of no more than 19 506 tonnes. If discard rates do not change from the average (2012–2014), this implies landings of plaice in Division VIId of no more than 12 512 tonnes.