Application of “fixed proportion” candidate management procedures for North Atlantic bluefin tuna using operating model package version 5.2.3.

• Main Authors: Butterworth, Doug, Jacobs, Melissa, Rademeyer, Rebecca A, Miyagawa, Mitsuyo
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Cape Town 2021
• Subjects: 10401 Applied Statistics; FOS Mathematics; 10202 Biological Mathematics; 10402 Biostatistics; Tac; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25375/uct.14191352.v1; https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/report/Application_of_fixed_proportion_candidate_management_procedures_for_North_Atlantic_bluefin_tuna_using_operating_model_package_version_5_2_3_/14191352/1

Two adjustments are made to the simplest form of the fixed proportion CMPs developed earlier. Caps are placed on the TACs for both the West and the East area so as not reduce resource abundance unduly in circumstances where regime shifts occur. In addition, the TAC for the West area can be reduced f...