the most recent work performed in included a revision of the methodology used in previous years the mse simulated the impacts of different management scenarios in the future up to including the protraction of current fishing mortality f status quo fsq the harvest control rule hcr contained in recommendation gfcm a catch limit set at the catches of and other measures outlined above as well as contrast scenarios the results obtained showed that for both species maintaining the status quo would result in a high risk of spawning stock biomass ssb falling below blim in the short medium and long term example given in figure for european anchovy they also showed that a recovery of the stock could be possible under a restricted number of scenarios with a low risk of dropping below bum at least in the medium term for example an effective implementation of the hcr foreseen under recommendation gfcm would allow sardine ssb to recover with a low risk of dropping below blim in the short and medium term and percent respectively and a relatively low risk percent in the longer term figure