Recommendations on rock lobster TACs for the Tristan group of islands for the 2013/14 season.

As a result of the increased workload placed on MARAM because of the OLIVA incident, OMP development for all four islands has not been achieved in time for the 2013 TAC setting process. OMP development has focused first on the Tristan island. This has precluded updated assessments for the Inaccessible and Gough islands being completed by this time, as would have been desirable to serve as a basis for recommending TAC’s for those lobster populations. In these circumstances, the following are the MARAM recommended TACs for each island for the 2013/14 season.