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
2020
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
13968






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**
2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP ^: FMSY 2310 2277 2093 184 33 8.1 -3.1
F = MAP FMSY lower 1991 1963 1804 159 28 7 -3.1
F=MAP FMSY upper *** 2310 2277 2093 184 33 8.1 -3.1
Other scenarios
MSY approach 2310 2277 2093 184 33 8.1 -3.1
F2019 4579 4514 4149 365 64 16.1 92
F2017–2019 3176 3132 2878 253 45 11.2 33




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Advice basis values for 2021 relative to the 2020 advice values (MAP advice of 2384, 2055, and 2384 tonnes, respectively); other option values are relative to FMSY.
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018).