Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 9.a, Functional Unit 30 (Atlantic Iberian waters East and Gulf of Cadiz)
StockCode
nep.fu.30
Assessment Year
2018
Stock Category
4.14
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
10279






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Wanted catch*
Unwanted catch^*
Harvest rate
% Advice change**
2019 2019 2019 2019 2019
(t) (t) (t) (t) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Precautionary approach (advice for 2018 + 20%) 120 120 0 1.57 20
Other scenarios
F2017 123 123 0 1.61 23




Symbol Footnotes
* “Wanted” and “unwanted” catch are used to describe Norway lobster that would be landed and discarded in the absence of the EU landing obligation.
** Advice value for 2019 relative to the advice value for 2018.
^ Based on negligible discarding during observer trips.