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
2019
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
13213






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch WC + DUC + SUC
Dead removals WC + DUC
Wanted catch WC
Dead unwanted catch DUC
Surviving unwanted catch SUC
Harvest rate * % for WC + DUC
% advice change **
2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 2384 2347 2135 212 37 8.12 20
F=MAP FMSY lower 2055 2023 1841 182 32 7 3.7
F=MAP FMSY upper*** 2384 2347 2135 212 37 8.12 20
Other scenarios
MSY approach 2384 2347 2135 212 37 8.12 20
F2018 2452 2413 2196 218 38 8.4 23
F2016�2018 3060 3012 2741 271 48 10.4 54




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Total catch 2020 relative to the FMSY advice value 2019 (1982 tonnes).
*** For this stock, FMSY upper = FMSY.
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018)