ICES advises that the harvest control rule (HCR) included in the long-term management plan for sardine in divisions 8.c and 9.a agreed between Portugal and Spain is not precautionary, in neither the short term or long term, based on the productivity regime observed since 1993. Consequently, the original request for an additional clause in the management plan when it resulted in catches of less than 50% of catches in the previous year is no longer considered relevant.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
ACOM
Series
ICES Advice: Special requests
Requested by
EU
Recommended citation
ICES. 2017. EU request to ICES on evaluation of the management plan for Iberian sardine. 3 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.18686681