Combined-species assessment does not completely capture the underlying process of the two stocks.
Combined-assessment estimates a higher spawning stock biomass, than the sum of separated species assessment added together.
Separate-species assessment shows an increase in spawning stock biomass of M. capensis, and a decrease in M. paradoxus in the last five years, which is impossible to observe in the combine-species assessment.
Fishing mortality on M. paradoxus has been relatively higher than on M. capensis.