Report of the FAO Technical Working Group on the Conservation and Management of Sharks. Tokyo, Japan, 23-27 April 1998.
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The FAO Technical Group (TWG) on the Conservation and Management of Sharks reviewed available information pertinent to the subject, including draft documents on the status of sharks species, an overview of shark fisheries by region, case studies in management of elasmobranch fisheries, a shark species catalogue, on shark utilization, marketing and trade and a review of data needs for management of shark fisheries. It considered preliminary drafts of guidelines and a plan of action for the conser vation and management of shark fisheries and discussed specific issues in two working groups on management and on data needs. On the basis of the discussion of the TWG Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of National Plans of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (FAO Fisheries Circular No. 939) were elaborated for the FAO Consultation held in October 1998.