Stock Assessment of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, Rice, J. and S. Harley, Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC-OFP), Noumea, New Caledonia

This paper presents the first stock assessment of oceanic whitetip shark in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). The assessment uses the stock assessment model and computer software known as Stock Synthesis (version 3.21B). The oceanic whitetip shark model is an age (36 years) structured, spatially aggregated (1 region) and two sex model. The catch, effort, and size composition of catch, are grouped into 4 fisheries covering the time period from 1995 through 2009.

Stock Assessment of Silky Sharks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, Rice, J. and S. Harley, Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC-OFP), Noumea, New Caledonia

This paper presents the first stock assessment of silky shark in the western and central Pacific Ocean. The assessment uses the stock assessment model and computer software known as Stock Synthesis (version 3.21B). The silky shark model is an age (36 years) structured, spatially aggregated (1 region) and two sex model. The catch, effort, and size composition of catch, are grouped into 4 fisheries, all of which cover the time period from 1995 through 2009.

This is the reference case scenario for Oceanic Whitetip Sharks for the 2012 Stock Assessment.

This is the reference case scenario for Silky Sharks for the 2012 Stock Assessment.