Candidate Management Procedures Projections for the South African hake resource

Results for a series of target-based Candidate Management Procedures (CMPs) under the Reference Set (RS) of Operating Models for hake are compared. The aspects and options compared are: the maximum TAC decrease constraint; the period over which abundance index averages are obtained; constant future catches; a maximum cap on the TAC; and the relative impact of possible changes in the sector splits of hake catch.