Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 9 (central North Sea, Moray Firth)
StockCode
nep.fu.9
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19199






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**
2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025 2025
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY 884 881 871 10 3 11.8 -50
Other scenarios
F = F2023 561 559 553 6 2 7.5 -68
F0.1 584 582 576 6 2 7.8 -67
F = F2021–2023 600 598 591 7 2 8 -66
F = MAP^: FMSY lower 683 680 672 8 3 9.1 -61
F = MAP^: FMSY upper 884 881 871 10 3 11.8 -50
Fmax 1116 1112 1100 12 4 14.9 -37




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals.
** Advice basis values for 2025 relative to the 2024 advice values (FMSY catch advice of 1770tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018).