Download AEBR 196 - Growth and reproduction of four deepwater sharks in New Zealand waters

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is developing a risk assessment framework to identify the nature and extent of risks to chondrichthyan populations. This project aims to fill some of the knowledge gaps for some of the high-risk, non-Quota Management System species to reduce the level of uncertainty in the risk assessments of those species, and to provide information on their productivity that can then be used as inputs into future quantitative risk assessments. The species included in this study were seal shark (Dalatias licha), Owston’s dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii), longnose velvet dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater), and Plunket’s shark (Scymnodon plunketi). Specimens and data were collected aboard commercial fishing vessels and research vessels, and integrated with existing data and specimens held by NIWA.