Shark Data

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Page updated: 05 Sep 2025

 

The following links provide information on WCPFC science, compliance, management and data activities related to sharks:

Science

SymbolTitleFilesDate of Issue
SC6-EB-WP-01WCPFC Shark Research Plan (2010)(4.45 MB)22 Jul 2010
SC7-EB-WP-01Indicator Analysis of WCPFC Key Shark Species (2011)(2.83 MB)20 Jul 2011
SC7-EB-WP-04Status Snapshot of WCPFC Key Shark Species (2011)(1.26 MB)21 Jul 2011
SC8-SA-WP-06Oceanic Whitetip Shark Stock Assessment (2012)(1.35 MB)13 Jul 2012
SC9-EB-WP-01Review of Whale Shark Data (2013)(2.84 MB)14 Jul 2013
SC9-SA-WP-03Silky Shark Stock Assessment (2013)(5.19 MB)16 Jul 2013
SC9-EB-WP-02Operational Factors Analysis for Sharks (I) (2013)(1.26 MB)19 Jul 2013
SC10-MI-WP-07Development of Limit Reference Points for Elasmobranchs (2014)(1 MB)14 Jul 2014
SC10-EB-WP-04Progress on the Shark Research Plan (2014)(324.26 KB)19 Jul 2014
SC10-EB-WP-01Operational Factors Analysis for Sharks (II) (2014)(692.74 KB)26 Jul 2014
SC10-SA-WP-08North Pacific Blue Shark Stock Assessment using SS3 (2014)(2.26 MB)30 Jul 2014
SC11-EB-WP-03Whale Shark Mitigation (2015)(513.87 KB)20 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-01Shark Research Plan 2016-2020 (2015)(589.73 KB)22 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-02Longline Mitigation Options for Sharks (I) (2015)(1.43 MB)22 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-04Shark Indicators (II) (2015)(7.2 MB)23 Jul 2015
SC11-SA-WP-08North Pacific Shortfin Mako Assessment (2015)(1.67 MB)30 Jul 2015
SC12-EB-WP-03Purse Seine FAD and Free School Catches of Sharks (2016)(607.71 KB)13 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-08Review of non-key shark species (2016)(6.07 MB)15 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-05Shark Management Plans (2016)(2.38 MB)18 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-06Longline Mitigation Options for Sharks (II) (2016)(703.76 KB)21 Jul 2016
SC12-SA-WP-09Catch and CPUE inputs to the South Pacific blue shark stock assessment Rev 1 (27 July 2016)(7.29 MB)28 Jul 2016
SC13-EB-WP-07Review of shark data and modelling framework - [placeholder](no file)22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-10Stock Assessment and Future Projections of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean through 2015(2.61 MB)22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-11Bigeye Thresher Shark Assessment(5.35 MB)22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-12_rev1Southern Hemisphere porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) stock status assessment (Rev 1)(2.71 MB)22 Jul 2017
SC14-SA-WP-09Indicators of the spatial distribution of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the North Pacific(1.26 MB)21 Jul 2018
SC14-SA-WP-11Stock Assessment of Shortfin Mako Shark in the North Pacific Ocean Through 2016(4.09 MB)23 Jul 2018
SC14-SA-WP-08Pacific-wide Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) Stock Status Assessment (22 July 2018) and Addendum (8 August 2018)(530.79 KB)8 Aug 2018
SC14-SA-WP-12Risk to the Indo-Pacific Ocean whale shark population from interactions with Pacific Ocean purse-seine fisheries Rev 2 (22 July 2018)(10.14 MB)31 Aug 2018
SC15-SA-WP-06Stock assessment for oceanic whitetip shark in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean(11.46 MB)25 Jul 2019
SC15-SA-IP-14Data preparation for Southeast Pacific blue and shortfin mako sharks(2.73 MB)12 Aug 2019
SC17-SA-IP-06Characterisation of the fisheries catching South Pacific blue shark (Prionace glauca)...(1.19 MB)24 Jul 2021
SC17-SA-IP-21Future Stock Projections of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Project 102)(527.52 KB)27 Jul 2021
SC17-SA-WP-03Stock Assessment of Southwest Pacific Blue Shark(6.09 MB)10 Aug 2021
SC18-SA-WP-06Stock assessment and future projections of blue sharks in the North Pacific Ocean through 2020(6.07 MB)25 Jul 2022
SC18-SA-WP-03Report on WCPFC project 107b: Improved stock assessment and structural uncertainty grid for SW Pacific blue shark(6.25 MB)8 Aug 2022
SC18-SA-WP-02Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific Shortfin Mako shark(2.6 MB)13 Aug 2022

Compliance

SymbolTitleFilesDate of Issue
WCPFC10SummaryReport-Attachment GCompliance Monitoring Report (covering 2012)(818.67 KB)12 Aug 2014
WCPFC11 Summary Report – Attachment HCompliance Monitoring Report (covering 2013)(357.55 KB)3 Mar 2015
WCPFC12 Summary Report – Attachment WCompliance Monitoring Report (covering 2014)(1.77 MB)6 Jul 2016
TCC12-2016-20Information pertaining to Shark Finning(547.65 KB)22 Sep 2016
WCPFC13 Summary Report – Attachment UCompliance Monitoring Report (covering 2015)(1.39 MB)2 Mar 2017

Management

SymbolTitleFilesDate of Issue
CMM 2010-07Conservation and Management Measure for Sharks (I)(24.47 KB)8 Feb 2011
CMM 2011-04Conservation and Management Measure for Oceanic Whitetip Shark(60.64 KB)1 Jan 2013
CMM 2012-04Conservation and Management Measure for Protection of Whale Sharks from Purse Seine Fishing Operations(435.31 KB)1 Jan 2014
CMM 2013-08Conservation and Management Measure for Silky Shark(285.38 KB)1 Jul 2014
CMM 2014-05Conservation and Management Measures for Sharks (II)(83.62 KB)1 Jul 2015

Data

SymbolTitleFilesDate of Issue
EB-WP-12Trial Application of the BDEP Template for Summarizing Bycatch Data(1.01 MB)18 Jul 2016
Data-01Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission(177.41 KB)9 Dec 2016
SC13-EB-IP-15Bycatch data exchange protocol(945.47 KB)22 Jul 2017