Full catch monitoring in the Dutch Norway lobster fishery (2018-2020) : Results of a science-industry partnership to improve information for Nephrops norvegicus stock assessments

The full catch monitoring in the Dutch Norway lobster fishery was part of a science-industry research collaboration project (Onderzoekssamenwerking 2.0) and aimed to improve data for the stock assessments of Norway lobster stocks. The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has divided the discrete patches of mud Norway lobster inhabit into so-called Functional Units (FUs). The Dutch fishery for Norway lobster mainly takes place in FU5, FU33 and outside FUs (outFU). The ICES Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Stocks in the North Sea and Skagerrak (WGNSSK) has expr... Mehr ...