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 2020–2022, catches in 2024 that correspond to the F ranges in the MAP are between 224 and 248 tonnes.
To ensure that the stock in Functional Unit (FU) 19 is exploited sustainably, management should be implemented at the FU level. A transfer of advised catch from other FUs to FU 19 could lead to overexploitation.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
ACOM
Period covered by advice
2024
Series
ICES Advice: Recurrent advice
Recommended citation
ICES. 2023. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in divisions 7.a, 7.g, and 7.j, Functional Unit 19 (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, eastern part of southwest of Ireland). In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2023. ICES Advice 2023, nep.fu.19. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.21908391