Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Traffic International
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Cambridge, UK
Physical Description:
33 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35751
Legacy PEIN ID:
75754
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Fisheries - Developments
Fisheries - Management
Abstract
In 2006, 2007 and 2008 TRAFFIC reported on total shark3 catch and the top 20 shark-catching countries (Lack and Sant, 2006; Anon, 2007; Lack and Sant, 2008). Those analyses have been based on the Fishstat Capture Production Database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The purpose of these analyses has been to monitor overall trends in shark catch and to identify the main shark-catching countries. TRAFFICs focus on shark catch has been prompted by the growing international concern for the status of shark stocks. This concern stems from the recognized vulnerability of sharks to overfishing because of their slow growth and their relatively late age of maturity and low fecundity. In addition, many species of sharks are top order predators and play an important role in marine ecosystems and it is only through the adoption of ecosystem-based management (EBM) principles, including the application of the precautionary approach, that shark species can be managed sustainably and unintended ecosystem effects avoided.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Traffic International
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Cambridge, UK
Physical Description:
33 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35751
Legacy PEIN ID:
75754
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 14-May-2009
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021