ICES advises that when the MSY approach is applied, and assuming that discard rates and fishery selection patterns do not change from the average of the years 2018–2020, catches in 2022 should be no more than 6075 tonnes.
History
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ICES. 2021. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in divisions 8.a and 8.b, functional units 23–24 (northern and central Bay of Biscay). In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2021. ICES Advice 2021, nep.fu.2324. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.78