Stock Assessment of Scalloped Hammerheads in the Western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

• Published in: North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Main Authors: Hayes, Christopher G., Jiao, Yan, Cortés, Enric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Schaefer; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/m08-026.1; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/M08-026.1

Abstract The status of the western North Atlantic Ocean population of scalloped hammerheads Sphyrna lewini (Sphyrnidae [hammerhead sharks]) was assessed from 1981 through 2005 by using Schaefer (logistic) and Fox surplus‐production models. The population declined rapidly before 1996 but began rebuil...