Fish and shellfish stock assessments data for the UK Marine Strategy 2024 assessment of descriptor 3

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Summary

Stock assessment data sets for 58 quota fish stocks from 2003 to 2021 inclusive in the Celtic Seas and Greater North Sea and widely distributed were collected from ICES international stock assessments database (ICES Stock Information Database [year accessed 2023] ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://sid.ices.dk_). Stock assessment data sets for 62 non-quota shellfish stocks from 1990 to 2019 inclusive in the Celtic Seas and Greater North Sea were collected from national stock assessments reports and publications.

The stock assessment data for fish and shellfish stocks of UK interest is used to assess Good Environmental status for commercially exploited fish and shellfish, descriptor 3 (Impact of fishing on target species) under the UK Marine Strategy (UKMS). The 2024 UKMS assessment uses a stock assessment data to calculate of percentage of stocks being within safe biological limits considering 6-year period where required data is available to integrate two indicators assessments, reproductive capacity (based on spawning stock biomass) and fishing pressure (based on fishing mortality), considering specific maximum sustainable yield reference points that are relevant for each stock.

.. _https://sid.ices.dk: https://sid.ices.dk/

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-09-25
Access contraints
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Harvest GUID
CEFAS10fd642e-37f5-4f6d-8517-bea73f7685d5
Extent
Latitude: 80.00° to °
Longitude: -50.00° to 40.00°
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2025-06-06 (publication)
2025-09-25 (revision)
2025-05-16 (creation)
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notPlanned
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor, owner); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (owner)
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