The stock assessment and catch data combine both deep-water hake (Merluccius paradoxus) and shallow-water hake (M. capensis) species. Catches of the two species are of the same magnitude, but the shallow-water hake resource in Namibia is assumed to be much larger. The relation/degree of separation of these stocks to neighboring South African stocks is as yet unclear (Japp et al. 2012; Paterson and Kainge 2014; MFMR 2014b), but research is underway to better understand the stock structure of both M. paradoxus and M. capensis (BCC 2014).