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
2018
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
10251






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**
2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (t)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 1982 1951 1773 178 31 8.12 5.7
F = MAP FMSY lower 1709 1682 1528 154 27 7 -8.9
F=MAP FMSY upper*** 1982 1951 1773 178 31 8.12 5.7
Other scenarios
MSY approach 1982 1951 1773 178 31 8.12 5.7
F2017 1909 1879 1707 172 30 7.8 1.76




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Total catch 2019 relative to advice value 2018 (1876 tonnes).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ Proposed EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2016).