Profile updated on 28 May 2021

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Alopias pelagicus

SPECIES NAME(s)

Pelagic thresher, Pelagic thresher shark

Previous genetic research (Trejo 2005) indicated some genetic structuring between the Eastern and Western Pacific ocean. Later, another study using mtDNA identified two populations of pelagic thresher sharks within the Pacific Ocean, considered Evolutionary Significant Units (ESU) (Cardeñosa et al. 2014)


ANALYSIS

Weaknesses
  • There is no stock assessment for this species in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, however, this is species is categorized as Endangered by IUCN in 2019.

SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

< 6 to ≥ 6

Managers Compliance:

< 6 to ≥ 6

Fishers Compliance:

DATA DEFICIENT to ≥ 6