February 22, 2017 — The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, or Tuna Commission, is launching a study to assess shark survival rates post catch and release.
That follows the meeting of a group of scientists and academics from around the world in Wellington last month at New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
A spokesperson for the project, Shelley Clarke, said a sample of about 200 sharks in the Pacific will be electronically tagged and tracked.