An alternative relationship to determine future movement of sardine recruits between the "west" and "south" stocks

Abstract

de Moor and Butterworth (2013a) explored some possible relationships between the proportion of “west” stock recruits moving to the “south” stock and “west” or “south” stock 1+ biomass or recruitment. A relationship based on the ratio of “south” to “west” stock 1+ biomass in the previous November was used for initial testing of Candidate Management Procedures under a two stock sardine hypothesis