Research on the current situation and development trend of shark resource conservation and management in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
WANG Lei
CHU Xiaolin
Abstract：The conservation and management of shark resources is an important part of global fishery resources governance.With the continuous decline of shark resources in the world,the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission,as one of the five major tuna regional fisheries management organizations in the world,has also paid increasing attention to the conservation and management of shark resources.From 2005 to 2022,the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission adopted a total of 17 resolutions on the conservation and management of shark resources,and the fishery management systems formulated,which include mandatory data statistics requirements,fishing vessel position regulation among others,and greatly en-sured the effective implementation of the resolutions.Based on the analysis of the current situation of the conservation and management of shark resources,in this paper,we pointed out the future develop-ment trend of shark resources,which includes strengthening the statistics of shark data,stricter con-servation and management measures,increasingly strengthening fishery management cooperation,and assuming greater responsibility of flag states.These developments are of great significances to form a shark resources conservation and management system with the guiding concept of promoting the bal-ance between the scientific and rational development and utilization of shark resources and the healthy and sustainable development.
Keywords：Indian Ocean Tuna Commissionconservation and management of shark resourcesdevel-opment trend
Publication Date：2025-08-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 258-264 )