The Joint Russian-Norwegian Working Group on Arctic Fisheries (JRN-AFWG) advises that when the MSY approach is applied, catches of northern shrimp in the Barents Sea in 2025 should not exceed 150 000 tonnes.
Stock development over time
Exploitable stock biomass has remained above MSY Btrigger and Blim throughout the entire time series. Fishing pressure on the stock has been estimated below FMSY and Flim, with a low probability of exceeding FMSY in 2024.
Figure 1: Stock assessment summary of northern shrimp in ICES subareas 1 and 2. Top: total catches (the final, lighter coloured bar depicts preliminary estimation of 2024 catches). Bottom: fishing mortality (orange) and exploited biomass (green) at the beginning of the year, relative to FMSY and BMSY, respectively, with orange and green lines showing estimated means and shaded areas 95% confidence intervals. Blue and dashed horizontal lines, respectively, indicate the MSY and precautionary approach reference points
Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in the Barents Sea (ICES subareas 1 and 2)