ICES advises, on the basis of the harvest control rule G4 with a harvest rate of 0.45, that the TAC for Bay of Biscay anchovy from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 should be 25 000 tonnes.
Although ICES has not yet evaluated the harvest control rule, the TAC is considered precautionary.
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