Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.b, Functional Unit 34 (central North Sea, Devil’s Hole)
StockCode
nep.fu.34
Assessment Year
2018
Stock Category
4.14
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
10254






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catches
Wanted catches*
Unwanted catches*
Harvest rate**
% Advice change***
2019 2019 2019 2019 2019
(t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
2016 advice for 2017 and 2018 + 20% 590 552 38 5.4 20
Other scenarios
2016 advice for 2017 and 2018 -20% 394 368 26 3.6 -20
2016 advice for 2017 and 2018 492 460 32 4.5 0
Recent average landings (2015–2017) 631 590 41 5.8 28
Average landings (2008–2017) 679 635 44 6.2 38
MSY harvest rate 817 764 53 7.5 66
Maximum 1396 1305 91 12.8 184




Symbol Footnotes
* Wanted” and “unwanted” catch are used to described Norway lobster that would be landed and discarded, based on average discard rate estimates (12.9% in 2008–2011).
** Calculated for dead removals and applied to total catch.
*** Total catch 2019 and 2020 relative to advice value for 2017 and 2018 (492 t).