Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.b, Functional Unit 8 (central North Sea, Firth of Forth)
StockCode
nep.fu.8
Assessment Year
2019
Stock Category
1
Purpose
InitAdvice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
10447






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch WC+DUC+SUC
Dead removals WC+DUC
Wanted catch WC
Dead unwanted catch DUC
Surviving unwanted catch SUC
Harvest rate* for WC+DUC
% advice change**
2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP ^: FMSY 3724 3642 3397 245 82 16.3 4.3
F= MAP FMSY lower 2422 2369 2209 160 53 10.6 -32
F = MAPFMSY upper *** 3724 3642 3397 245 82 16.3 4.3
Other scenarios
MSY approach 3724 3642 3397 245 82 16.3 4.3
F0.1 2148 2101 1959 142 47 9.4 -40
F35SpR 2902 2838 2647 191 64 12.7 -18.7
F2018 2948 2883 2689 194 65 12.9 -17.4
F2016-2018 3427 3352 3126 226 75 15 -4




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Total catch 2020 relative to FMSY advice value 2019 (3 569  t).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018).