Description: This information product is a report on the status of the smalltail shark species and includes review of life history, abundance, and fisheries. An assessment of threats, demographic risks, and extinction risk are also included.
ID: 481 Info. Type: ISI
Start date of Peer Review: 06/5/2023
Estimated Initial Dissemination Date: 04/15/2024
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Contact Person: CDR Jonathan R. Heesch Get contact information
Review Type: written
Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 3-4
Peer Reviewers will be selected by: The status review team
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? Yes. Written comments were be accepted for a 60-day period announced in the Federal Register with the positive 90-day finding- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/23/2023-10891/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-90-day-finding-on-a-petition-to-list-the-smalltail-shark-as
Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? Yes. Public comments and references were included in the draft status review
Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Fisheries stock assessment, fisheries biology, and population dynamics
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