Report of the Indian Ocean Shark Year Program workshop (IO-ShYP01)

The IO-ShYP01 RECALLED that prior to the workshop, participants to the IO-ShYP01 compiled the current information available, identified major gaps in knowledge, and established draft priorities for future research and cooperation among IOTC scientists and other groups. Readers of this report are encouraged to interpret it as a document with the sole aim of improving the information at the IOTC for future use in developing stock assessment and/or status indicators for shark species caught by IOTC fisheries and not as compliance issues with IOTC Conservation and Management Measures on provision of data for shark species.