Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in divisions 8.a and 8.b, Functional Units 23-24 (northern and central Bay of Biscay)
StockCode
nep.fu.2324
Assessment Year
2024
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
19259






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
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY 3502 2982 2462 520 520 7.7 -39.5
Other scenarios
F2023 2008 1709 1411 298 298 4.4 -65.3
EU MAP^: FMSY 3502 2982 2462 520 520 7.7 -39.5




Symbol Footnotes
* By number
** Advice values for2025are relative to the2024 advice (FMSY advice of 5 786 tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019)