Observations of the shark-directed bottom longline fishery in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico have been conducted since 1994 (e.g. Hale et al. 2012 and references therein). Currently about 217 U.S. fishers are permitted to target sharks (excluding d...

Observations of the shark-directed bottom longline fishery in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico have been conducted since 1994 (e.g. Hale et al. 2011 and references therein). Currently about 220 U.S. fishers are permitted to target sharks (excluding d...