Derby
Crew Member
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0069-General Information - Codes of Conduct for Shark Encounters
Codes of conduct for shark encounters have been posted online and can be found
at the URL links provided below. These guidelines include boat handling
procedures during visual encounters with Basking Sharks, as well as best
practices for handling Canadian Pacific shark species during entanglement
encounters.
Code of conduct for sharks:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/species-especes/shark-requin/conduct_shark-
conduite_requin-eng.html
Code of conduct for Basking Sharks:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/species-especes/shark-requin/conduct_basking-
conduite_pelerin-eng.html
Shark populations are generally vulnerable to the threat of fishing induced
mortality, including incidental capture and entanglement. Life history
characteristics such as longevity, late age-at-maturity, and low fecundity make
it difficult for shark populations to recover in abundance after depletion.
Out of fourteen shark species in Canadian Pacific waters, three species are
listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). The Basking Shark (Cetorhinus
maximus) is listed as “Endangered”, and the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus
griseus) and Tope Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) are listed as species of “Special
Concern”.
In order to address conservation concerns with shark species, it is important
that measures are taken to reduce the mortality of sharks resulting from
bycatch and entanglement. As such, commercial fishing licences have been
amended to include a Condition of Licence for Basking Sharks that specifies
mitigation measures in accordance with SARA permit requirements. 'Code of
Conduct for Shark Encounters' documents have been developed to reduce the
mortality of Basking Shark, as well as other Canadian Pacific shark species
such as Bluntnose Sixgill and Tope Shark resulting from entanglement and
bycatch in commercial, aquaculture, and recreational fisheries.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Subject: FN0069-General Information - Codes of Conduct for Shark Encounters
Codes of conduct for shark encounters have been posted online and can be found
at the URL links provided below. These guidelines include boat handling
procedures during visual encounters with Basking Sharks, as well as best
practices for handling Canadian Pacific shark species during entanglement
encounters.
Code of conduct for sharks:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/species-especes/shark-requin/conduct_shark-
conduite_requin-eng.html
Code of conduct for Basking Sharks:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/species-especes/shark-requin/conduct_basking-
conduite_pelerin-eng.html
Shark populations are generally vulnerable to the threat of fishing induced
mortality, including incidental capture and entanglement. Life history
characteristics such as longevity, late age-at-maturity, and low fecundity make
it difficult for shark populations to recover in abundance after depletion.
Out of fourteen shark species in Canadian Pacific waters, three species are
listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). The Basking Shark (Cetorhinus
maximus) is listed as “Endangered”, and the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus
griseus) and Tope Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) are listed as species of “Special
Concern”.
In order to address conservation concerns with shark species, it is important
that measures are taken to reduce the mortality of sharks resulting from
bycatch and entanglement. As such, commercial fishing licences have been
amended to include a Condition of Licence for Basking Sharks that specifies
mitigation measures in accordance with SARA permit requirements. 'Code of
Conduct for Shark Encounters' documents have been developed to reduce the
mortality of Basking Shark, as well as other Canadian Pacific shark species
such as Bluntnose Sixgill and Tope Shark resulting from entanglement and
bycatch in commercial, aquaculture, and recreational fisheries.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: