Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 10 (northern North Sea, Noup)
StockCode
nep.fu.10
Assessment Year
2022
Stock Category
4.14
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
17562






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch
Projected landings
Projected discards
% harvest rate *
% advice change **
2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
(t) (t) (t) (ratio) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Advice for 2021 and 2022 -20% cap 37 37 0 1.55 -20
Other scenarios
Advice for 2021 and 2022 +20% cap 55 54 1 2.3 20
Average landings (2012–2021) 14 14 0 0.6 -70
Recent average landings (2019–2021) 15 15 0 0.65 -67
Advice for 2021 and 2022 46 46 0 1.93 0
MSY proxy harvest rate (HR) 179 177 2 7.5 289
Maximum landings 499 494 5 21 984




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals and applied to total catch.
** Advice basis values for 2023 and 2024 relative to the advice value for 2021 and 2022 (catch advice of 46tonnes).
^ The average landings (2012–2021) option results in a -70% advice change, therefore, a -20% cap was applied.