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Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 6.a, Functional Unit 12 (West of Scotland, South Minch)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.12
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21209
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202710
Status:
valid
Advice Component
Advice Category
*
FMSYranges
MP
MSY
NoAdv
Other
PA
Advice Type
*
Catches
Effort
FishMort
Landings
NoAd
NoFish
Advice Unit
*
t
ratio
%
AdviceValue
*
Advice Value Lower Range
Advice Value Upper Range
Wanted Catch
Wanted Catch Lower Range
Wanted Catch Upper Range
Advice Sentence
*
ICES advises that when the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach is applied, and assuming that discard rates and fishery selection patterns do not change from the average of the years 2022–2024, catches in 2026 should be no more than 9 603 tonnes. To ensure that the stock in Functional Unit (FU) 12 is exploited sustainably, management should be implemented at the FU level. The implementation of a single TAC for the entire subarea 6 may not be sustainable. ICES notes the existence of a management plan, developed and adopted by one of the relevant management authorities for Subarea 6.
Advice Released Date
*
Advice Applicable From
*
Advice Applicable Until
*
TAF Link
Management Alignment
Full
Multiple
Other
Partial
MP WebLink
Management Plan Ownership
Link To Evaluation
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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**
2026
2026
2026
2026
2026
2026
2026
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(ratio)
(%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY
9603
9535
9332
203
68
11.7
77
Other scenarios
F = MAP^: FMSY lower
7633
7579
7417
162
54
9.3
41
F = MAP^: FMSY upper
9603
9535
9332
203
68
11.7
77
F = F2024
5140
5104
4995
109
36
6.3
-5.1
Symbol
Footnotes
*
Calculated for dead removals by number.
**
Advice values for 2026 are relative to the 2025 advice (FMSY advice of 5 419 tonnes).
^
EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019).