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
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19271






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) (t) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 705 695 664 31 10 12 7.3
Other scenarios
F= MAP^ FMSY lower 553 545 520 25 8 9.4 -15.8
F= MAP^ FMSY upper 705 695 664 31 10 12 7.3
F2023 834 822 785 37 12 14.2 27




Symbol Footnotes
* By number
** Advice values for 2025 are relative to the 2024 advice (FMSY advice of 3870 tonnes for the Firth of Clyde, and 657 tonnes for the Sound of Jura).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019)