A. Species
Scientific name: Carcharhinus falciformis
Common name(s): Silky shark
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- New Zealand
- 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: 2013
End Year: 2018
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: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)
Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: National / local private sector and International 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?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: As long as Conservation Management Measure 2013-08 of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission remains in force, it is not possible to issue a non-detriment finding for any silky shark products being commercially traded, whether obtained from the New Zealand EEZ or from the high seas to the north of New Zealand, because such product would not be legally acquired.
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
Convention measures promote the live release of silky sharks as soon as possible, and collection of data about the numbers released alive or discarded dead. An exception is made in Paragraph 5 of CMM 2013-08 whereby observers shall be allowed to collect biological samples from silky sharks caught in the Convention Area that are dead on haulback, provided that the samples are part of a research project approved by the WCPFC’s Scientific Committee
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
Carcharhinus falciformis.
Hugh A Robertson
New Zealand Scientific Authority for CITES
Biodiversity Group
Department of Conservation
NEW ZEALAND
Date of record entry: 2023-09-13