Updated assessment of the South African sardine resource using data from 1984‐2023

A quantitative assessment of the South African sardine resource has been updated to include data from 1984 to 2023, based on the previous stock structure hypothesis which assumes two components (‘west’ and ‘south’), separated at Cape Agulhas, but with some mixing. This model assumes no stock recruitment relationship during conditioning. The west component abundance is estimated to be around 250 000t – 300 000t, while the south component abundance is estimated to be around 335 000t ‐ 425 000t. No parasite prevalence‐at‐length data were used.