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
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18405






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**
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 3129 3093 2985 108 36 16.3 -2.2
Other scenarios
F0.1 1804 1783 1721 62 21 9.4 -44
F = F2022-2022 1882 1860 1795 65 22 9.8 -41
FMSY lower 2034 2011 1941 70 23 10.6 -36
F = F2022 2424 2396 2313 83 28 12.6 -24
F35SpR 2438 2410 2326 84 28 12.7 -24
FMSY upper*** 3129 3093 2985 108 36 16.3 -2.2




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Advice basis values for 2024 relative to the 2023 advice value (FMSY catch advice of 3201 tonnes).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.