Species Use Database

Species Use Database

Porbeagle Shark
Lamna nasus

Used for Food and feed in Pacific - southeast and Pacific - southwest

A. Species

Scientific name: Lamna nasus

Common name(s): Porbeagle Shark

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Pacific - southeast
  • Pacific - southwest

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: New Zealand

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2004

End Year: 2013

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

Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: 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: "Overall, it is likely that the amount of porbeagle landed under the quota set under the QMS is sustainable and the recent levels of take may have allowed some recovery of their stock. [...] At this stage, the evidence suggests it is reasonable to allow exports of porbeagle products that were legally obtained within the New Zealand EEZ under the Quota Management System on the basis that the recent take is at least sustainable."

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):

CITES (2020). Joint Sessions of the 31st Meeting of the Animals Committee and the 25th Meeting of the Plants Committee Geneva (Switzerland), 17 July 2020.

Date of record entry: 2023-06-05