Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 6.a, Functional Unit 13 (West of Scotland, the Firth of Clyde and Sound of Jura)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.13
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18456






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 3870 3824 3685 139 46 15.1 -6.1
Other scenarios
F= MAP^ FMSY lower 2537 2507 2416 91 30 9.9 -38
F= MAP^ FMSY upper*** 3870 3824 3685 139 46 15.1 -6.1
F2022 3075 3038 2928 110 37 12 -25




Symbol Footnotes
* By number.
** Advice values for 2024 are relative to the 2023 advice (FMSY advice of 4122 tonnes for the Firth of Clyde, and 474 tonnes for the Sound of Jura).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019)