A Report Card for Australia’s Sharks
This Report Card covers and assesses 194 Species (199 stocks) , of this 124 stocks that have been assessed to be sustainable at current levels of fishing. Many are managed through fishing regulations. Others are sustainable because the level of fisheries take is very small. Example: Gummy Shark (Mustelus antarcticus; southern stock). 9 stocks are recovering, 6 were depleting, 18 depleted and 42 were undefined due to very limited information on which to base assessments.
