Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 10 (northern North Sea, Noup)
StockCode
nep.fu.10
Assessment Year
2020
Stock Category
4.14
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
13994






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
% harvest rate *
% advice change **
2021 2021 2021 2021 2022
(t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
(Advice for 2019 and 2020 +20% cap) -20% PA buffer 46 46 0 1.93 -4
Other scenarios
Recent average landings (2017–2019) 11 11 0 0.48 -77
Average landings (2010–2019) 22 22 0 0.94 -54
Advice for 2019 and 2020 -20% 38 38 0 1.6 -20
Advice for 2019 and 2020 48 48 0 2 0
Advice for 2019 and 2020 +20% 58 58 0 2.4 20
MSY proxy harvest rate (HR) 178 177 1 7.5 270
Maximum landings 497 494 3 21 940




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals and applied to total catch.
** Total catch in 2021 and 2022 relative to the advice value for 2019 and 2020 (48tonnes).