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
2018
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
10253






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) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY 3569 3478 3204 274 91 16.3 50
F= MAP FMSY lower 2321 2262 2084 178 59 10.6 -2.3
F = MAP FMSY upper*** 3569 3478 3204 274 91 16.3 50
Other scenarios
MSY approach 3569 3478 3204 274 91 16.3 50
F0.1 2059 2006 1848 158 53 9.4 -13.3
F35SpR 2780 2709 2496 213 71 12.7 17
F2015–2017 3569 3478 3204 274 91 16.3 50
F2017 4313 4203 3872 331 110 19.7 82




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Total catch 2019 relative to advice value 2018 (2376 tonnes).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ Proposed EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2016).