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Profile updated on 20 January 2022
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 in 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” (NAFO/ICES, 2011).
Management Quality:
< 6
≥ 6
≥ 8