Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 9 (central North Sea, Moray Firth)
StockCode
nep.fu.9
Assessment Year
2019
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
10450






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
MAP^: FMSY 1307 1298 1271 27 9 11.8 2.6
F = MAP^ FMSY lower 1008 1001 980 21 7 9.1 -21
F=MAP^ FMSY upper*** 1307 1298 1271 27 9 11.8 2.6
Other scenarios
MSY approach 1307 1298 1271 27 9 11.8 2.6
F0.1 864 858 840 18 6 7.8 -32
F2016–2018 1286 1277 1250 27 9 11.6 0.94
F2018 1297 1288 1261 27 9 11.7 1.81
Fmax 1652 1640 1605 35 12 14.9 30




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Total catch 2020 relative to advice value 2019 (1 274 t).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ EU multiannual plan (EU MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018).