The Small Pelagic Scientific Working Group has requested further testing of Candidate Management Procedures allocating a single-area sardine Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for possible update of Interim OMP-13 v2 for use in setting the 2014 initial sardine and anchovy TACs and Total Allowable Bycatches (TABs). This is planned as a temporary measure, while further testing continues in comparing Candidate MPs which allocate a single-area sardine TAC to those which allocate a two-area sardine TAC
