Sharks

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

Science

Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
SC6-EB-WP-01 WCPFC Shark Research Plan (2010) file attachment (4.45 MB) 22 Jul 2010
SC7-EB-WP-01 Indicator Analysis of WCPFC Key Shark Species (2011) file attachment (2.83 MB) 20 Jul 2011
SC7-EB-WP-04 Status Snapshot of WCPFC Key Shark Species (2011) file attachment (1.26 MB) 21 Jul 2011
SC8-SA-WP-06 Oceanic Whitetip Shark Stock Assessment (2012) file attachment (1.35 MB) 13 Jul 2012
SC9-EB-WP-01 Review of Whale Shark Data (2013) file attachment (2.84 MB) 14 Jul 2013
SC9-SA-WP-03 Silky Shark Stock Assessment (2013) file attachment (5.19 MB) 16 Jul 2013
SC9-EB-WP-02 Operational Factors Analysis for Sharks (I)(2013) file attachment (1.26 MB) 19 Jul 2013
SC10-MI-WP-07 Development of Limit Reference Points for Elasmobranchs (2014) file attachment (1 MB) 14 Jul 2014
SC10-EB-WP-04 Progress on the Shark Research Plan (2014) file attachment (324.26 KB) 19 Jul 2014
SC10-EB-WP-01 Operational Factors Analysis for Sharks (II) (2014) file attachment (692.74 KB) 26 Jul 2014
SC10-SA-WP-08 North Pacific Blue Shark Stock Assessment using SS3 (2014) file attachment (2.26 MB) 30 Jul 2014
SC11-EB-WP-03 Whale Shark Mitigation (2015) file attachment (513.87 KB) 20 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-01 Shark Research Plan 2016-2020 (2015) file attachment (589.73 KB) 22 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-02 Longline Mitigation Options for Sharks (I)(2015) file attachment (1.43 MB) 22 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-04 Shark Indicators (II) (2015) file attachment (7.2 MB) 23 Jul 2015
SC11-SA-WP-08 North Pacific Shortfin Mako Assessment (2015) file attachment (1.67 MB) 30 Jul 2015
SC12-EB-WP-03 Purse Seine FAD and Free School Catches of Sharks (2016) file attachment (607.71 KB) 13 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-08 Review of non-key shark species (2016) file attachment (6.07 MB) 15 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-05 Shark Management Plans (2016) file attachment (2.38 MB) 18 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-06 Longline Mitigation Options for Sharks (II) (2016) file attachment (703.76 KB) 21 Jul 2016
SC12-SA-WP-09 Catch and CPUE inputs to the South Pacific blue shark stock assessment Rev 1 (27 July 2016) file attachment (7.29 MB) 28 Jul 2016
SC13-EB-WP-07 Review of shark data and modelling framework - [placeholder] 22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-10 Stock Assessment and Future Projections of Blue Shark in the North Pacific Ocean through 2015 file attachment (2.61 MB) 22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-11 Bigeye Thresher Shark Assessment file attachment (5.35 MB) 22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-12_rev1 Southern Hemisphere porbeagle shark ( Lamna nasus ) stock status assessment (Rev 1) file attachment (2.71 MB) 22 Jul 2017
SC14-SA-WP-09 Indicators of the spatial distribution of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the North Pacific
Hampton J
file attachment (1.26 MB) 21 Jul 2018
SC14-SA-WP-11 Stock Assessment of Shortfin Mako Shark in the North Pacific Ocean Through 2016
ISC Shark WG
file attachment (4.09 MB) 23 Jul 2018
SC14-SA-WP-08 Pacific-wide Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) Stock Status Assessment (22 July 2018) and Addendum (8 August 2018)
Common Oceans (ABNJ)
file attachment (530.79 KB) 8 Aug 2018
SC14-SA-WP-12 Risk to the Indo-Pacific Ocean whale shark population from interactions with Pacific Ocean purse-seine fisheries Rev 2 (22 July 2018)
Common Oceans (ABNJ)
file attachment (10.14 MB) 31 Aug 2018
SC15-SA-WP-06 Stock assessment for oceanic whitetip shark in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Tremblay-Boyer, L., Carvalho, F., Neubauer, P. and Pilling, G.
file attachment (11.46 MB) 25 Jul 2019
SC15-SA-IP-14 Data preparation for Southeast Pacific blue and shortfin mako sharks
Quiroz. J. and Hoyle, S.
file attachment (2.73 MB) 12 Aug 2019
SC17-SA-IP-06 Characterisation of the fisheries catching South Pacific blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
S. Brouwer, K. Large and P. Neubauer
file attachment (1.19 MB) 24 Jul 2021
SC17-SA-IP-21 Future Stock Projections of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (Project 102)
J. Rice, F. Carvalho, M. Fitchett, S. Harley and A. Ishizaki
file attachment (527.52 KB) 27 Jul 2021
SC17-SA-WP-03 Stock Assessment of Southwest Pacific Blue Shark
P. Neubauer, K. Large and S. Brouwer
file attachment (6.09 MB) 10 Aug 2021
SC18-SA-WP-06 Stock assessment and future projections of blue sharks in the North Pacific Ocean through 2020
ISC
file attachment (6.07 MB) 25 Jul 2022
SC18-SA-WP-03 Report on WCPFC project 107b: Improved stock assessment and structural uncertainty grid for Southwest Pacific blue shark
P. Neubauer, F. Carvalho, N. Ducharme-Barth, K. Large, S. Brouwer, J. Day and P. Hamer
file attachment (6.25 MB) 8 Aug 2022
SC18-SA-WP-02 Stock assessment of Southwest Pacific Shortfin Mako shark
K. Large, P. Neubauer and S. Brouwer
file attachment (2.6 MB) 13 Aug 2022

Compliance

Symbol Title Files Date of Issue
WCPFC10SummaryReport-Attachment G Compliance Monitoring Report (covering 2012) file attachment (818.67 KB) 12 Aug 2014
WCPFC11 Summary Report – Attachment H Compliance Monitoring Report (covering 2013) file attachment (357.55 KB) 3 Mar 2015
WCPFC12 Summary Report – Attachment W Compliance Monitoring Report (covering 2014) file attachment (1.77 MB) 6 Jul 2016
TCC12-2016-20 Information pertaining to Shark Finning file attachment (547.65 KB) 22 Sep 2016
WCPFC13 Summary Report – Attachment U Compliance Monitoring Report (covering 2015) file attachment (1.39 MB) 2 Mar 2017

Management 

Data

WCPFC Data Catalogue https://www.wcpfc.int/data-catalogue

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