Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 9 (central North Sea, Moray Firth)
StockCode
nep.fu.9
Assessment Year
2018
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
9557






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
MAP^: FMSY 1274 1258 1210 48 16 11.8 4.5
F = MAP^ FMSY lower 982 970 933 37 12 9.1 -19.4
F=MAP^ FMSY upper*** 1274 1258 1210 48 16 11.8 4.5
Other scenarios
MSY approach 1274 1258 1210 48 16 11.8 4.5
F0.1 843 832 800 32 11 7.8 -31
F2017 1134 1120 1077 43 14 10.5 -7
F2015–2017 1167 1152 1108 44 15 10.8 -4.3
Fmax 1609 1589 1528 61 20 14.9 32




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Total catch 2019 relative to advice value 2018 (1 219 t).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ Proposed EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2016).