Risk-related aspects of the west coast rock lobster and of the joint sardine and anchovy OMPs to be developed this year

Abstract

In 2006, the west coast rock lobster scientific working group moved from assessing the resource as a single stock, to assessing the stock at a spatially disaggregated “super-area” level, to take better account of different resource monitoring trends in different areas which indicated area-specific dynamics. The resource was divided into five super-areas by combining the existing eights areas (A1 to A8): A1-2, A3-4, A5-6, A7 and A8. Stock assessment updates at the super-area level have now been completed, and work is underway in developing a new OMP for the resource which inputs data on an area-disaggregated basis. This OMP is scheduled for finalisation early during the second half of this year.