AUTHOR=Ju Peilong , Chen Mingru , Tian Yongjun , Zhao Yu , Yang Shengyun , Xiao Jiamei 

TITLE=Stock Status Estimating of 5 Shark Species in the Waters Around Taiwan Using a Length-Based Bayesian Biomass Estimation (LBB) Method

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00632

DOI=10.3389/fmars.2020.00632

ISSN=2296-7745

ABSTRACT=<p>Five shark stocks in the waters around Taiwan were assessed using the LBB method, addressing the present gap. Among them, only one filter-feeding shark, megamouth shark <italic>Megachasma pelagios</italic>, qualified as having a healthy status. Of the remaining filter-feeding shark, whale shark <italic>Rhincodon typus</italic>, was seriously overexploited, possibly even collapsed, spadenose shark <italic>Scoliodon macrorhynchos</italic>, and other two large sharks (dusky shark <italic>Carcharhinus obscurus</italic> and silky shark <italic>Carcharhinus falciformis</italic>) were also overexploited. These stock status estimates for the five shark species using the LBB method were consistent with international agreements such as IUCN, CITES and CMS.</p>