The conservation and management of sharks
Documents - Paper: Working paper
30 Nov 1999
In recent decades, modern technology - combined with access to distant markets - have caused an increase in fishing effort and catches of shark, as well as an expansion of the areas fished. Consequently, there is now concern about the rise in shark catches and the results this has for some shark species populations in several areas of the world's oceans. Sharks often have a low stock-recruitment relationship and long stock recovery times when overfished due to their late sexual maturity, low fecundity, albeit with low natural mortality, and complex spatial structures (size/sex segregation and seasonal migration).
Author: Ross Shotton
Related Topics: Governance of high seas fisheries
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