Fisheries for Sharks in the Western Pacific Region and Alternative Conservation and Management Measures

Contents: iv. Preface, 1. Introduction, 3. Background, 3. Description of the principal species, 3. blue shark, 3. oceanic whitetip shark, 5. silky shark, 5. thresher and mako sharks, 5. stock status, 6. fisheries in the Western Pacific Region, 6. longline, 6. Hawaii longline fishery, 8. American Samoa longline fishery, 9. purse seine, 9. other fishing gear, 10. foreign and continental US fisheries, 11. economic characteristics of the fisheries, 11. fins, 13. meat and other products, 14. non market benefits, 15. issues, 15. imprecise definition of management unit species, 15. uncertainty about impacts of fishing on stocks, 16. low product recovery rates, 19. potential for interaction with protected species, 19. management options, 19. imprecise definition of management unit species, 22. uncertainty about impacts of fishing on stocks, 23. low product recovery rates, 25. potential for interaction with proyected species, 25. references, 28. appendix