Practical measures for sustainable shark fisheries: Lessons learned from an Indonesian targeted shark fishery.

ABSTRACT: Overfishing is a major threat to the survival of shark species, primarily driven by international trade in high-value fins, as well as meat, liver oil, skin and cartilage. The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) aims to ensure that commercial trade does not threaten wild species, and several shark species have recently been listed on CITES as part of international efforts to ensure that trade does not threaten their survival. However, as international trade regulations alone will be insufficient to reduce overexploitation of sharks, they must be accompanied by practical fisheries management measures to reduce fishing mortality. To examine which management measures might be practical in the context of a targeted shark fishery, we colle

SUBMITTER: Yulianto I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6214517 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature