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Blue shark
South Pacific Ocean
Profile updated on 30 July 2021
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Prionace glauca
SPECIES NAME(s)
Blue shark
Within the Pacific Ocean blue sharks are found in both hemispheres, with no genetic evidence of the distinction between the northern and southern basins; however, mark-recaptured data have not documented movements across the equator (ISC 2017).
For stock assessment purposes current evidence justifies considerations of two different populations in the northern and southern Pacific Ocean (ISC 2017).
ANALYSIS
Weaknesses
- There is no stock assessment including the entire stock distribution in the South Pacific Ocean.
FISHSOURCE SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
< 6
Managers Compliance:
< 6 to ≥ 6
Fishers Compliance:
DATA DEFICIENT to < 6
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