IOTC Sharks Identification Cards

IOTC Sharks Identification Cards

Year of publication 2013

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) These identification cards are produced by the Indian Ocean Tu Commission (IOTC), in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), to help improve catch data and statistics on sharks and rays that interact with tu fisheries in the Indian Ocean. With a better understanding of shark stocks and with better statistics, regiol fisheries magers can ensure that sharks and rays are fished in a sustaible manner in the Indian Ocean. The most likely users of the cards are fisheries obs ervers, samplers, fishing masters and crew on board fishing vessels targeting tu, tu-like species and sharks in the Indian Ocean. Fisheries training institutions and fishing communities are other potential users.

Language English

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