SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

Last updated on 12 April 2018

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Prionace glauca

SPECIES NAME(s)

Blue shark

The stock structure is not clearly understood but, based on tagging data, a distinct stock of blue shark is considered to exist in South Pacific besides the North Pacific with demarcation near the equator (Kleiber et al., 2009; Sippel et al., 2011; ISCTTS, 2013).

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ANALYSIS

No related analysis

FishSource Scores

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

NOT YET SCORED

Managers Compliance:

NOT YET SCORED

Fishers Compliance:

NOT YET SCORED

Stock Health:

Current
Health:

NOT YET SCORED

Future Health:

NOT YET SCORED

FIPS

No related FIPs

CERTIFICATIONS

No related MSC fisheries

Fisheries

Within FishSource, the term "fishery" is used to indicate each unique combination of a flag country with a fishing gear, operating within a particular management unit, upon a resource. That resource may have a known biological stock structure and/or may be assessed at another level for practical or jurisdictional reasons. A fishery is the finest scale of resolution captured in FishSource profiles, as it is generally the scale at which sustainability can most fairly and practically be evaluated.

ASSESSMENT UNIT MANAGEMENT UNIT FLAG COUNTRY FISHING GEAR
South Pacific Ocean IATTC Belize Longlines
Portugal Longlines
Spain Longlines
WCPFC Spain Longlines

Analysis

OVERVIEW

1.STOCK STATUS

2.MANAGEMENT QUALITY

3.ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY

FishSource Scores

Last updated on 12 April 2018

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MANAGEMENT QUALITY

STOCK HEALTH:

HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE RISK

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No data available for biomass
No data available for fishing mortality
No data available for recruitment
No data available for management quality
No data available for stock status

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Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

No related FIPs

Certifications

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

No related MSC certifications

Sources

Credits

International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISCTTS), 2013. Stock assessment and future projections of Blue shark in the North Pacific Ocean, Shark Working Group,82pp. http://isc.ac.affrc.go.jp/pdf/ISC13pdf/Annex%2011-%20Blue%20shark%20assessment%20-%20Final%20(SEPT).pdf

Kleiber, P., S. Clarke, K. Bigelow, H. Nakano, M. McAllister, and Y. Takeuchi. 2009. North Pacific blue shark stock assessment. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo., NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-17, 74 pp. http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/tech/NOAA_Tech_Memo_PIFSC_17.pdf

Sippel, T., Wraith, J., Kohin, S., Taylor, V., Holdsworth, J., Taguchi, M., Matsunaga, H., Yokawa, K. 2011. A summary of blue shark ( Prionace glauca ) and shortfin mako shark ( Isurus oxyrinchus ) tagging data available from the North and Southwest Pacific Ocean, ISC/11/SHARKWG-2/04, 7 pp. http://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/CR/2011/2011Sippel.pdf

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