Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 32 (northern North Sea, Norway Deep)
StockCode
nep.fu.32
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
2
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19269






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch*
Fishing mortality F2025/FMSY
Stock size B2026/BMSY
% B/BMSY change**
% advice change***
2025 2025 2026 2026 2025
(t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach (35th percentile of predicted catch distribution under F = FMSY) 38 0.27 0.2 35 -88
Other scenarios
FMSY 129 1 0.18 22 -58
F=F2024 264 2.3 0.13 -12 -13.2
F=0 0 0 0.22 49 -100




Symbol Footnotes
* Including recreational catches and dead discards.
** B/BMSY 2026 relative to B/BMSY 2025.
*** Advice value for 2025 relative to the advice value for 2024 (304 tonnes).