Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 32 (northern North Sea, Norway Deep)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.32
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
2
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21234






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch*
Fishing mortality F2026/FMSY
Stock size B2027/BMSY
% B/BMSY change**
% advice change***
2026 2026 2027 2027 2026
(t) (ratio) (ratio) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: B2027/BMSY =Blim 53 0.26 0.3 38.7 40.5
Other scenarios
FMSY 192 1 0.26 20.2 407
F = F2025 278 1.53 0.23 4.5 632
F=F35% catch fractile 81 0.4 0.29 34.1 114
F = 0 0 0 0.32 47.9 -100




Symbol Footnotes
* Including recreational catches and dead discards
** B/BMSY 2027 relative to B/BMSY 2026 (0.22).
*** Advice value for 2026 relative to the advice value for 2025 (38 tonnes)