The Working Group concluded, based on the results of the production model and other analytical models, that the stock is fully exploited. The results of the projections show that the current level of capture is not sustainable and would induce a decrease in spawning biomass and target biomass (B0.1). To this end, the Working Group recommends curbing the general upward trend in catches and recommends, as a precaution, renewing the recommendation made in previous years, namely limiting the maximum catch to 340 000 tonnes, which corresponds to a 29 percent reduction from catches recorded across the subregion in 2021. In addition, the Working Group has observed for several years a significant fishing of juveniles, which have not yet reached their first maturity, and recommends the implementation of urgent measures (spatio-temporal measures, revision of the minimum size of the catch on landing, etc.) aimed at reducing the fishing mortality exerted on this vulnerable fraction of the stock in order to improve its biological productivity.