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
2017
Stock Category
4.14
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
9231






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Wanted catch*
Unwanted catch^*
Harvest rate
2018 2018 2018 2018
(t) (t) (t) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Precautionary approach 100 100 0 1.16
Other scenarios
F2016 197 197 0 2.29




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, based on the average estimated discard rates for 2014 –2016.
^ Based on negligible discarding during observer trips.