Prohibition of directed fishing for deep-water sharks
Article 49
Directed fishing for the following deep-water sharks in the SIOFA Agreement Area shall be prohibited: (a) Portuguese dogfish ( Centroscymnus coelolepis ), except in the context of the by-catch allowance as set out in Annex IK; (b) birdbeak dogfish ( Deania calceus ); (c) gulper shark ( Centrophorus granulosus ); (d) kitefin shark ( Dalatias licha ); (e) Bach’s catshark ( Bythaelurus bachi ); (f) dark-mouth chimaera ( Chimaera buccanigella ); (g) Falkor chimaera ( Chimaera didierae ); (h) seafarer’s ghostshark ( Chimaera willwatchi ); (i) longnose velvet dogfish ( Centroselachus crepidater ); (j) largespine velvet dogfish ( Scymnodon macracanthus ); (k) velvet dogfish ( Zameus squamulosus ); (l) whitecheek lanternshark ( Etmopterus alphus ); (m) smallbelly catshark ( Apristurus indicus ); (n) Pacific longnose chimaera ( Harriotta raleighana ); (o) narrowhead catshark ( Bythaelurus tenuicephalus ); (p) frilled shark ( Chlamydoselachus anguineus ); (q) bigeyed six-gill shark ( Hexanchus nakamurai ); (r) smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus pusillus ); (s) southern sleeper shark ( Somniosus antarcticus ); (t) goblin shark ( Mitsukurina owstoni ); (u) blue-eye lanternshark ( Etmopterus viator ); (v) blurred smooth lanternshark ( Etmopterus bigelowi ); (w) leafscale gulper shark ( Centrophorus squamosus ); (x) little gulper shark ( Centrophorus uyato ); (y) shortspine spurdog ( Squalus mitsukurii ); (z) longsnout dogfish ( Deania quadrispinosa ); (za) arrowhead dogfish ( Deania profundorum ); (zb) Cristina’s skate ( Bathyraja tunae ); (zc) paddlenose chimaera ( Rhinochimaera africana ); (zd) dusky snout catshark ( Bythaelurus naylori ).