Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in divisions 7.g and 7.h, Functional Units 20 and 21 (Celtic Sea)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.2021
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21188






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) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY 3171 3096 2872 224 75 6 47
Other scenarios
F= MAP^: FMSYlower 3118 3044 2824 220 73 5.9 45
F= MAP^: FMSYupper 3171 3096 2872 224 75 6 47
F2024 5187 5064 4698 367 122 9.8 141




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals by number.
** Advice values for 2026 are relative to the 2025 advice (FMSY advice of 2153 tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019)