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).
Image: Wikimedia Commons: Alaska Fisheries Science Center
RELATED LINKS:
- See this species on SeaLifeBase
- North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) , Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) , Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (FFA)
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) , Joint Russian-Norwegian Working Group on Arctic Fisheries (JRN-AFWG) , Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
ANALYSIS
- Discarding is considered negligible (IMR-PINRO 2023).
SCORES
Management Quality:
< 6
≥ 6
≥ 6
