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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
2026
Stock Category
1
Purpose
Advice
Published
Stock Assessment Key
25982
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 2023–2025, landings in 2027 should be no more than 1 586 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
Projected landings (PL)
Total catch (PL + PDD + PSD)
Dead removals (PL + PDD)
Projected dead discards (PDD)
Projected surviving discards (PSD)
% harvest rate* for PL + PDD
% advice change**
% Landings advice change***
2027
2027
2027
2027
2027
2027
2027
2027
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(%)
(%)
(%)
ICES Basis Advice
EU MAP^: FMSY Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach: FMSY
1586
2791
2188
603
603
7.7
-60
-38
Other scenarios
FMSY
1586
2791
2188
603
603
7.7
-60
-38
F2025
844
1486
1165
321
321
4.1
-79
-67
Symbol
Footnotes
*
By number.
**
The basis of advice has changed and is now given on landings. This column compares landings advice for 2027 to the catch advice from 2026 (4014tonnes).
***
This column compares landings advice for 2027 to the projected landings for 2026 (FMSY projected landings of 2 578 tonnes).
^
EU multiannual plan (MAP) for the Western Waters (EU, 2019).
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