Some aspects of the development of a new OMP for the West Coast Rock Lobster fishery for recommending TAC allocations for the 2015+ seasons

Conducting simulations for testing the revised West Coast Rock Lobster OMP first requires agreed adjustment to the previous values of the parameters controlling the extent of inter-annual changes to allocations to each sector, and to the split of these allocations amongst Super-Areas. Suggestions are put forward for these, and also for allocations of TAC adjustments following the anticipated removal of the Exceptional Circumstances for Super-Area 7 for the 2016 season.