Draft Two-Area Harvest Control Rules for OMP-13

Interim OMP-13 v2 (de Moor and Butterworth 2013) allows for the recommendation of a single ≥14cm directed sardine Total Allowable Catch (TAC), regardless of the number of sardine stocks. Candidate Management Procedures that allow for the recommendation of two sardine TACs, a west and south coast TAC, separated by Cape Agulhas, are also being developed. This document details the generalised Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) for Candidate MPs for OMP-13 allowing for one or two-area ≥14cm directed sardine TACs.