Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 10 (northern North Sea, Noup)
StockCode
nep.fu.10
Assessment Year
2018
Stock Category
4.14
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
9559






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Wanted catch*
Unwanted catch*
Harvest rate**
% Advice change***
2019 2019 2019 2019 2019
(t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Advice for 2017 and 2018 + 20% 48 46 2 3.5 20
Other scenarios
Recent average landings (2015–2017) 17 16 1 1.22 -59
Advice for 2017 and 2018 -20% 32 30 2 2.4 -20
Advice for 2017 and 2018 40 38 2 3 0
Average landings (2008–2017) 48 46 2 3.6 20
MSY 102 97 5 7.5 155
Maximum landings 520 494 26 38.5 1200




Symbol Footnotes
* "Wanted" and "unwanted" catch are used to described Norway lobster that would be landed and discarded, based on discard rates estimates for the average of (2015–2017).
** Calculated for dead removals and applied to total catch.
*** Total catch 2019 and 2020 relative to advice value for 2017 and 2018 (40 t).