ICES advises that, under a continued low productivity scenario, harvest control rules (HCRs) HCR30, HCR35, HCR40, HCR45, and HCR50 are consistent with ICES precautionary criterion of no more than 5% probability of the spawning–stock biomass (B1+) falling.
History
Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee
ACOM
Series
ICES Advice: Special requests
Requested by
Portugal; Spain
Recommended citation
ICES. 2021. Request from Portugal and Spain to evaluate a new Harvest Control Rule for the management of the Iberian sardine stock (divisions 8.c and 9.a). In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2021. ICES Advice 2021, porsp.2021.05. https://doi.org/1