Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 7.a, Functional Unit 15 (Irish Sea, West)
StockCode
nep.fu.15
Assessment Year
2020
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
13923






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch PL + PDD + PSD
Dead removals PL + PDD
Projected landings PL
Projected dead discards PDD
Projected surviving discards PSD
Harvest rate * % for PL + PDD
% advice change**
2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP ^: FMSY 11691 11513 9919 1595 177 18.2 12.7
F= MAP FMSY lower 7965 7844 6758 1087 121 12.4 12.7
F = MAP FMSY upper*** 11691 11513 9919 1595 177 18.2 12.7
Other scenarios
MSY approach 11691 11513 9919 1595 177 18.2 12.7
F2019 9828 9679 8338 1341 149 15.3 -5.3




Symbol Footnotes
* By number.
** Advice basis values for 2021 are relative to the 2020 values (MAP advice of 10377, 7070, and 10377 tonnes, respectively); other option values are relative to FMSY.
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters and adjacent waters (EU, 2019).
^^ Represents the amount that would normally be discarded.