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
2020
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
13970






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 3931 3827 3514 313 104 16.3 25
F= MAP FMSY lower 2556 2488 2285 203 68 10.6 25
F = MAPFMSY upper *** 3931 3827 3514 313 104 16.3 25
Other scenarios
MSY approach 3931 3827 3514 313 104 16.3 25
F0.1 2266 2206 2026 180 60 9.4 -28
F35SpR 3063 2982 2738 244 81 12.7 -2.5
F2017-2019 4100 3991 3665 326 109 17 30
F2019 4413 4296 3945 351 117 18.3 40




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Advice basis values for 2021 relative to the 2020 advice values (MAP advice of 3143, 2045, and 3143 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).