As the observed sardine biomass was less than 800 thousand tonnes, the recently accepted modification to the directed sardine TAC came into effect (Cunningham and Butterworth 2006). This resulted in the directed sardine TAC dropping more than the maximum of 15% from the previous year’s TAC that would otherwise have applied unless the biomass estimate had been below the Exceptional Circumstances level of 250 thousand tonnes.
Reference:
Cunningham, C. L., & Butterworth, D. S. Initial Sardine and Anchovy TACs and Sardine TAB for 2007, Using Re-Revised OMP-04.
Cunningham, C. L., & Butterworth, D. S. (2006). Initial sardine and anchovy TACs and sardine TAB for 2007, using Re-Revised OMP-04 University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18775
Cunningham, Carryn L, and Doug S Butterworth Initial sardine and anchovy TACs and sardine TAB for 2007, using Re-Revised OMP-04. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18775
Cunningham CL, Butterworth DS. Initial sardine and anchovy TACs and sardine TAB for 2007, using Re-Revised OMP-04. 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18775
