Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.a, Functional Unit 7 (northern North Sea, Fladen Ground)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.7
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
25941






Catch scenarios


Basis
Total catch (PL + PDD + PSD)
Projected landings (PL)
Dead removals (PL + PDD)
Projected dead discards (PDD)
Projected surviving discards (PSD)
% harvest rate* for PL + PDD
% advice change**
2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027 2027
(t) (t) (t) (t) (t) (%) (%)
ICES Basis Advice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY 12022 11933 12000 67 22 7.5 4
Other scenarios
F = MAP^: FMSY lower 10580 10501 10560 59 20 6.6 -8.5
F = MAP^: FMSY upper 12022 11933 12000 67 22 7.5 4
F = F2025 8751 8687 8735 48 16 5.5 -24




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals by number.
** Advice basis values for 2027 relative to the 2026 advice values (FMSY catch advice of 11559 tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018)