Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.b, Functional Unit 8 (central North Sea, Firth of Forth)
StockCode
nep.fu.8
Assessment Year
2022
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
17580






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 **
2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach 3201 3148 2988 160 53 16.3 -0.47
Other scenarios
F0.1 1846 1815 1723 92 31 9.4 -43
FMSY lower 2082 2047 1943 104 35 10.6 -35
FMSY upper *** 3201 3148 2988 160 53 16.3 -0.47
F2021 2123 2088 1982 106 35 10.8 -34
F2019-2021 2298 2260 2145 115 38 11.7 -29
F35SpR 2493 2452 2328 124 41 12.7 -22




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Advice basis values for 2023 relative to the 2022 advice value (FMSY catch advice of 3216 tonnes).
*** FMSY upper= FMSY for this stock.