A. Species
Scientific name: Isurus oxyrinchus
Common name(s): shortfin mako shark
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Pacific - eastern central
- Pacific - northeast
- Pacific - northwest
- Pacific - southeast
- Pacific - southwest
- Pacific - western central
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: USA
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2020
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, Recreation and by-catch
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Recreational
Is this use legal or illegal?: Some use is legal and some is illegal
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people, Non-local Internal 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
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Non detriment findings
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Currently, the Pacific Ocean population appear not to be over-fished and current fishing pressure appears sustainable.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Non detriment findings
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: implicit as shark meat and fins are valuable trade commodity
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
Fishing practices have to adhere to species management plans, quotas and closed seasons in place
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2019-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
NDF for shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) 2019-2020 in Pacific oceans (2019) by the United States Dept of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Services
Date of record entry: 2023-09-15