Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in divisions 3.a and 4.a East (Skagerrak and Kattegat and northern North Sea in the Norwegian Deep) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Greater North Sea ICES Ecoregion; Kattegat; northern shrimp; Pandalus borealis
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18674717; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Northern_shrimp_Pandalus_borealis_in_divisions_3_a_and_4_a_East_Skagerrak_and_Kattegat_and_northern_North_Sea_in_the_Norwegian_Deep_/18674717

In the absence of defined reference points, the state of the stock cannot be evaluated with regard to biological reference points. The state of the stock is uncertain but abundance indices from Norwegian survey indicate a decrease since 2007. The landings per unit of effort (lpue) indices indicate that the stock has been fluctuating without any clear trends since the mid-1990s. Both Biomass and recruitment (1 year old) indices estimates from the Norwegian survey indicate a decrease since 2007. ...