| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | commercial | Ref. | FAO, 1994 |
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | No | ||
| Brackish | No | ||
| Saltwater | Yes | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | Ref. | ||
| Comments |
Annual shark production of the country is 8,000-9,000 (6% of total fish output), where over half of the catch is of silky shark, now targeted by oceanic tuna fisheries (because shark meat is more profitable than tuna) (IUCN Shark Specialist Group, Nov. 1998). |
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| States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html | ||