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)	(4.45 MB)	22 Jul 2010
SC7-EB-WP-01	Indicator Analysis of WCPFC Key Shark Species (2011)	(2.83 MB)	20 Jul 2011
SC7-EB-WP-04	Status Snapshot of WCPFC Key Shark Species (2011)	(1.26 MB)	21 Jul 2011
SC8-SA-WP-06	Oceanic Whitetip Shark Stock Assessment (2012)	(1.35 MB)	13 Jul 2012
SC9-EB-WP-01	Review of Whale Shark Data (2013)	(2.84 MB)	14 Jul 2013
SC9-SA-WP-03	Silky Shark Stock Assessment (2013)	(5.19 MB)	16 Jul 2013
SC9-EB-WP-02	Operational Factors Analysis for Sharks (I)(2013)	(1.26 MB)	19 Jul 2013
SC10-MI-WP-07	Development of Limit Reference Points for Elasmobranchs (2014)	(1 MB)	14 Jul 2014
SC10-EB-WP-04	Progress on the Shark Research Plan (2014)	(324.26 KB)	19 Jul 2014
SC10-EB-WP-01	Operational Factors Analysis for Sharks (II) (2014)	(692.74 KB)	26 Jul 2014
SC10-SA-WP-08	North Pacific Blue Shark Stock Assessment using SS3 (2014)	(2.26 MB)	30 Jul 2014
SC11-EB-WP-03	Whale Shark Mitigation (2015)	(513.87 KB)	20 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-01	Shark Research Plan 2016-2020 (2015)	(589.73 KB)	22 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-02	Longline Mitigation Options for Sharks (I)(2015)	(1.43 MB)	22 Jul 2015
SC11-EB-WP-04	Shark Indicators (II) (2015)	(7.2 MB)	23 Jul 2015
SC11-SA-WP-08	North Pacific Shortfin Mako Assessment (2015)	(1.67 MB)	30 Jul 2015
SC12-EB-WP-03	Purse Seine FAD and Free School Catches of Sharks (2016)	(607.71 KB)	13 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-08	Review of non-key shark species (2016)	(6.07 MB)	15 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-05	Shark Management Plans (2016)	(2.38 MB)	18 Jul 2016
SC12-EB-WP-06	Longline Mitigation Options for Sharks (II) (2016)	(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)	(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	(2.61 MB)	22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-11	Bigeye Thresher Shark Assessment	(5.35 MB)	22 Jul 2017
SC13-SA-WP-12_rev1	Southern Hemisphere porbeagle shark ( Lamna nasus ) stock status assessment (Rev 1)	(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	(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	(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)	(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)	(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.	(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.	(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	(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	(527.52 KB)	27 Jul 2021
SC17-SA-WP-03	Stock Assessment of Southwest Pacific Blue Shark P. Neubauer, K. Large and S. Brouwer	(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	(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	(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	(2.6 MB)	13 Aug 2022

Compliance

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

Management 

Symbol	Title	Files	Date of Issue
CMM 2010-07	Conservation and Management Measure for Sharks (I)	(24.47 KB)	8 Feb 2011
CMM 2011-04	Conservation and Management Measure for Oceanic Whitetip Shark	(60.64 KB)	1 Jan 2013
CMM 2012-04	Conservation and Management Measure for Protection of Whale Sharks from Purse Seine Fishing Operations	(435.31 KB)	1 Jan 2014
CMM 2013-08	Conservation and Management Measure for Silky Shark	(285.38 KB)	1 Jul 2014
CMM 2014-05	Conservation and Management Measures for Sharks (II)	(83.62 KB)	1 Jul 2015

Data

Symbol	Title	Files	Date of Issue
EB-WP-12	Trial Application of the BDEP Template for Summarizing Bycatch Data	(1008.96 KB)	18 Jul 2016
Data-01	Scientific Data to be Provided to the Commission (revised at WCPFC4, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 13)	(177.41 KB)	9 Dec 2016
SC13-EB-IP-15	Bycatch d ata exchange protocol	(945.47 KB)	22 Jul 2017

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