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
2021
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
16835






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 2062 2057 2042 15 5 11.8 75
Other scenarios
F2020^ 1284 1281 1272 9 3 7.4 8.8
F0.1 1363 1360 1350 10 3 7.8 15.5
FMSY lower 1591 1587 1575 12 4 9.1 35
F2018–2020^ 1975 1970 1956 14 5 11.3 67
FMSY upper *** 2062 2057 2042 15 5 11.8 75
Fmax 2604 2598 2579 19 6 14.9 121




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Advice basis values for 2022 are relative to the 2021 advice value (MAP FMSY advice of 1180 tonnes).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ The harvest rate in 2020 was calculated using an interpolated value for abundance (average of 2019 and 2021).