The previous full assessment of the SA anchovy resource, used to develop OMP-08, was tuned to data up to and including November 2006 (Cunningham and Butterworth 2007, with further undocumented updates). Since then 3 further years of estimates of May recruitment and 2 further years of estimates of November 1+ biomass have been forthcoming from surveys. This document presents an update of the anchovy assessment (posterior modes only), now taking data up to August 2009 into account. This is to obtain a better understanding of the current status of the population, and as a routine check to confirm that the situation remains within the range tested when developing OMP-08.