Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 6.a, Functional Unit 13 (West of Scotland, the Firth of Clyde and Sound of Jura)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.13
Assessment Year
2023
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
18456






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**
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
MSY approach: FMSY 657 649 625 24 8 12 39
Other scenarios
F= MAP^ FMSY lower 513 507 489 18 6 9.4 8.2
F= MAP^ FMSY upper*** 657 649 625 24 8 12 39
F2022 657 649 625 24 8 12 39




Symbol Footnotes
* By number.
** Advice values for 2024 are relative to the 2023 advice (FMSY advice of 4122 tonnes for the Firth of Clyde, and 474 tonnes for the Sound of Jura).
*** FMSY upper = FMSY for this stock.
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019)