Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.b, Functional Unit 33 (central North Sea, Horn’s Reef)
StockCode
nep.fu.33
Assessment Year
2020
Stock Category
4
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
14006






Catch scenarios


Basis
Projected landings
% harvest rate*
% advice change**
2021 2021 2021
(t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY proxy harvest rate 956 7.5 6.5
Other scenarios
0.5×average landings (2010-2019) 584 4.6 -35
Advice for 2020-20% 718 5.6 -20
Average landings (2010–2019) 1167 9.2 30
Maximum landings 1636 12.8 82




Symbol Footnotes
* Based on an assumed maximum discard rate of 25% and mean discard weight of 17.2 grammes.
** Projected landings in 2021 and 2022 relative to the advice value for 2020 (898 tonnes).