Endangered Species Act Status Review Report: Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) (ID430)

Description: The status review report summarizes and evaluates the best available scientific and commercial information on the biology and status of the species, and assesses the species' risk of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. The information in the review will be used to make a 12-month finding on whether listing the species is warranted or not warranted under the Endangered Species Act.

ID: ID430 Info. Type: ISA

Start date of Peer Review: 5/23/2022

Estimated Initial Dissemination Date: 8/1/2022

Actual Dissemination Date of peer review report and final work product: 11/10/2022

Contact Person: Adrienne Lohe, NMFS Office of Protected Resources, 301-427-8442 adrienne.lohe@noaa.gov

Review Type: Individual letters

Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 3 or fewer

Peer Reviewers will be selected by: the agency

Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers? No.

Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed? No.

Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? No.

Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Shortfin mako shark biology, shark biology, shortfin mako shark fisheries, stock assessments, fisheries bycatch, highly
migratory species, extinction risk analysis

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