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Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in divisions 8.a and 8.b, Functional Units 23-24 (northern and central Bay of Biscay)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.2324
Assessment Year
2025
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
21235
Link to Advice Sheet
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27202737
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 EU multiannual plan (MAP) for Western Waters and adjacent waters 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 4 014 tonnes.
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)
(%)
(%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY
4014
3296
2578
718
718
7.7
54
Other scenarios
EU MAP^: FMSY
4014
3296
2578
718
718
7.7
54
F2024
4429
3637
2845
792
792
8.5
70
Symbol
Footnotes
*
Calculated for dead removals by number.
**
Advice value for 2026 relative to the advice value for 2025 (2 601 tonnes).
^
EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018).
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