The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) advises that when the MSY approach is applied, catches of northern shrimp in the Barents Sea in 2026 should not exceed 83 000 tonnes.
Stock development over time
Exploitable stock biomass has remained above MSY Btrigger and Blim throughout the entire time series (Figure 1). Fishing pressure on the stock has been estimated below FMSY and Flim, with a low probability of exceeding FMSY in 2025.
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 2025 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.