Spotted ray (Raja montagui) in Divisions VIIa and VII e–h (Southern Celtic seas)

 Based on  the  ICES  approach  to  data-limited  stocks,  ICES  advises  that  landings  should  be  reduced  by  4%.  Based  on  estimated species-specific landings, this would imply landings of 1118 t in each of 2015 and 2016. Discarding is known to take place but has not been quantified, and there is some discard survival