Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.b, Functional Unit 33 (central North Sea, Horn’s Reef)
StockCode
nep.fu.33
Assessment Year
2018
Stock Category
4.14
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
9951






Catch scenarios


Basis
Wanted catches
Harvest rate*
% Advice change**
2019 2019 2019
(t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Average landings (2008-2017) 1154 5.1 3.1
Other scenarios
0.5 × Average landings (2008–2017) 577 2.5 -48
Maximum landings 1636 7.2 46
MSY harvest rate 1702 7.5 52




Symbol Footnotes
* Based on an assumed maximum discard rate of 25% and mean discard weight of 17.2 g.
** Wanted catch 2019 and 2020 relative to advice value 2017 and 2018 (1119 t).