Advice and Scenarios Database



Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in Division 4.b, Functional Unit 6 (central North Sea, Farn Deeps)
StockCode (Assessment Component)
nep.fu.6
Assessment Year
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
25986






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 2428 2175 2390 215 38 8.12 11.6
Other scenarios
F = MAP^: FMSY lower 2093 1875 2060 185 33 7 -3.8
F = MAP^: FMSY upper 2428 2175 2390 215 38 8.12 11.6
F = F2025 1922 1721 1891 170 30 6.4 -11.7




Symbol Footnotes
* Calculated for dead removals by number.
** Advice basis values for 2027 relative to the 2026 advice values (FMSY catch advice of 2 176 tonnes).
^ EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the North Sea (EU, 2018)