Nephrops norvegicus, Norway lobster : fisheries
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Nephrops norvegicus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Norway lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Nephropidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 20 - 800 m (Ref. 441), usually 200 - 600 m (Ref. 88009).  Temperate, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 72°N - 27°N, 25°W - 27°E

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: From Finnmark, Norway south to Libya west to the Canary Is. and east to Aegean Sea. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 3.2, range 2 - 5.5 cm Max length : 24.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 441); common length : 19.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 441)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total body length: 8 to 24 cm, usually between 10 to 20 cm (Ref. 4). Found in the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 94799). Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). Sedentary (Ref. 94799). Inhabits muddy bottoms in which it digs its burrows. Nocturnal and feeds on detritus, crustaceans and worms (Ref. 4). An active predator or scavenger (Ref. 94757). Another isotope data (δ15N=6.26±0.14, n=3, Ref. 106518).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Ovigerous females are found practically throughout the year, the eggs laid around July are carried for about 9 months (Ref. 4). 1 brood per year (Ref. 81133); 1.6 cm postlarval size (Ref. 81161); 1 month of pelagic period (Ref. 81160).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.03-0.44; tm=2)
Rate of population increase
 Prior r = 0.50, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.75, Based on 36 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649)		 Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100)
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Very high.
Nutrients
 Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.