Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 11
Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bluntnose sixgill shark as lower risk/near threatened (LR/nt) (Shark Specialist Group 2000). In Canada this species receives no formal protection. Retention and selling of bluntnose sixgill shark captured by hook and line fisheries, both commercial and recreational, in British Columbia is prohibited. In Puget Sound waters, there has been a permanent closure on the recreational and commercial take of sixgill sharks since 2001. Beginning in April 2006 all commercial hook and line fisheries operating in Canada’s Pacific waters became subjected to 100% at-sea monitoring coverage in the form of observers and electronic monitoring (video surveillance). This monitoring will allow for highly reliable catch estimates of non-target species including bluntnose sixgill sharks in the future.
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