Profile updated on 13 June 2024

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Pandalus borealis

SPECIES NAME(s)

Northern prawn, northern shrimp

COMMON NAMES

cold water prawn, northern shrimp, deep-sea prawn, deepwater prawn, pink shrimp

The single stock is exploited in the Barents Sea and on the Svalbard fishery protection zone (SFPZ) by the Norwegian and Russian fleet; other vessels (Greenland, Iceland, and EU) are restricted to the SFPZ and “Loop Hole” (Aravind et al. 2024). Genetic studies indicate genetic differentiation between coastal and offshore shrimp in the Northern Barents Sea stock, which is considered a single stock (ICES 2022).


Four assessment units are considered within the North Sea region for evaluation of the stock condition as well as for management purposes:
1 – Northeast Arctic, subarea 1 and 2 (this profile). 
2 – Skagerrak and Kattegat, and northern North Sea in the Norwegian Deep (Division 3.a and 4.a East).
3 - Northern North Sea, Fladen Ground (Division 4.a West)
4 – Flemish Cap (NAFO Div. 3M).


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • Discarding is considered negligible (IMR-PINRO 2023).

SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

< 6

Managers Compliance:

≥ 6

Fishers Compliance:

≥ 6