 Make no changes to fisheries Immigration of large individuals to management controls fishing area  High fishing pressure affecting size Close fishery and structure and spawning stock biomass; Implement fishery recovery plan fishery in danger of collapse Indicator <= Extreme environmental stochasticity  Close fishery and Limit affecting size structure and spawning Implement fishery recovery plan stock biomass; fishery in danger of collapse  Make fisheries management controls High fishing pressure affecting size more restrictive (i.e., decrease TAC, structure and spawning stock biomass decrease effort cap, add or modify certain controls, expand NTZ, etc.)  Make fisheries management controls Spawning more restrictive (i.e., decrease TAC, Potential Fishers targeting nursery grounds decrease effort cap, add or modify Ratio certain controls, expand NTZ, etc.)  Limit > Consider implementing a gear Indicator < restriction on less selective gear Target Gear shift towards less selective gear and/or (more small individuals in catch) Consider implementing a minimum size limit (if one does not already exist)  Make no changes to fisheries management controls or Strong recruitment pulse (more small If trends have persisted for more than individuals entering the catch) one year and there is no reason to believe precautionary management is
Immigration of large individuals to fishing area  Make no changes to fisheries management controls Spawning Potential Ratio Indicator <= Limit High fishing pressure affecting size structure and spawning stock biomass; fishery in danger of collapse  Close fishery and Implement fishery recovery plan Extreme environmental stochasticity affecting size structure and spawning stock biomass; fishery in danger of collapse  Close fishery and Implement fishery recovery plan Limit > Indicator < Target High fishing pressure affecting size structure and spawning stock biomass  Make fisheries management controls more restrictive (i.e., decrease TAC, decrease effort cap, add or modify certain controls, expand NTZ, etc.) Fishers targeting nursery grounds  Make fisheries management controls more restrictive (i.e., decrease TAC, decrease effort cap, add or modify certain controls, expand NTZ, etc.) Gear shift towards less selective gear (more small individuals in catch)  Consider implementing a gear restriction on less selective gear and/or Consider implementing a minimum size limit (if one does not already exist) Strong recruitment pulse (more small individuals entering the catch)  Make no changes to fisheries management controls or If trends have persisted for more than one year and there is no reason to believe precautionary management is
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