date:Nov 15, 2013
hing threshold, and 69.2 per cent were above their management targets.
When considering the tonnage of landings (of known status), 96.2 per cent of the landings was composed of stocks above the soft limit, 99.5 per cent of the landings were above the hard limit, 95.5% were below the overfishing threshold, and 92.8 per cent were above the management target.
Twenty five stocks are considered to be below the soft limit. In all such cases, corrective management action has been, or is being, put in