Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.b, Functional Unit 6 (central North Sea, Farn Deeps)
StockCode
nep.fu.6
Assessment Year
2021
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
16782






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch PL + PDD + PSD
Dead removals PL + PDD
Projected landings PL
Projected dead discards PDD
Projected surviving discards PSD
% harvest rate* for PL + PDD
% advice change**
2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022 2022
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach 1940 1909 1731 178 31 8.12 -16
Other scenarios
F2020 2180 2145 1945 200 35 9.1 -5.6
F2018–2020 2701 2657 2410 247 44 11.3 16.9
FMSY lower 1673 1646 1492 153 27 7 -28
FMSY upper*** 1940 1909 1731 178 31 8.12 -16




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Advice values for 2022 relative to the 2021 value (MAP FMSY advice of 2310 tonnes).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.