Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 8.c, Functional Unit 31 (southern Bay of Biscay and Cantabrian Sea)

StockCode

nep.fu.31

Assessment Year

2024

Stock Category

2.11

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Advice

Published

Stock Assessment Key

18890

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Status: valid

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Catch scenarios

Basis	Total catch	Fishing pressure F2025/FMSY	Biomass B2026/BMSY	Biomass change^	TAC change^^^	Advice change^^	Probability B less than Blim
	2025	2025	2026	2026	2025	2025	2026
	(t)	(ratio)	(ratio)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(ratio)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: 35th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY	29	0.73	0.78	4	134	134	0.157
Other scenarios
F = F2023 = Fsq	15.3	0.38	0.81	8	23	23	0.144
F = FMSY	39.3	1	0.77	2.7	217	217	0.167
F = 0	0	0	0.83	10.7	-100	-100	0.13

Symbol	Footnotes
^	Biomass in 2026 relative to the biomass in 2025.
^^	Advice value for 2025 relative to the advice value for 2024 (12.4 tonnes).
^^^	Advice value for 2025 relative to the TAC value for 2024 (12.4 tonnes).