A. Species
Scientific name: Sphyrna leweni
Common name(s): Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Atlantic - northwest
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Northwest Atlantic Ocean
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2015
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed
Motivation of use: Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Recreational
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people, National / local government and National / local private sector
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: "The Division of Scientific Authority (DSA), Based on the information and data available, and management measures currently in place, finds that the export of wild hammerhead sharks harvested by U.S. fishermen in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in the 2017 and 2018 harvest seasons is not detrimental to the survival of the species, provided the harvest is in compliance with the U.S. management plan in place for the species."
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Record source
Information about the record source: grey_lit
Date of publication/issue/production: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
Date of record entry: 2023-06-05