Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review and Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Background

The HMS Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Pool is a group from which people are selected to review and provide data, analyses, and advice to NOAA Fisheries. They advise on the scientific information, data and models used in stock assessments for sharks in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. Anyone with interest in recreational and commercial fishing and related industries, environmental community, academia, and non-governmental organizations is considered for the SEDAR Pool.

Terms of Reference

• SEDAR Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel Terms of Reference (PDF, 4 pages)

Members

Shark Stock Assessments

Below are SEDAR shark stock assessments and related information.

Ongoing

• SEDAR 77 HMS Hammerhead Sharks

2020

• SEDAR 65 - HMS Atlantic Blacktip Shark

2018

• SEDAR 29u - HMS Gulf of Mexico Blacktip Shark

2016

• SEDAR 21 – HMS Sandbar, Dusky, and Blacknose Sharks

• SEDAR 21 - Dusky Shark Addendum and Post-Review Update Report

2015

• SEDAR 39 - Smoothhound Sharks

• SEDAR 39 Atlantic Smooth Dogfish Final Stock Assessment Report

• SEDAR 39 Gulf of Mexico Smoothhound Shark Complex Final Assessment Report

• ICCAT Blue Shark Stock Assessment

2013

• SEDAR 34 - Atlantic Sharpnose and Bonnethead Sharks

• SEDAR 34 Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Final Stock Assessment Report

• SEDAR 34 Bonnethead Shark Final Stock Assessment Report

2012

• SEDAR 29 – Gulf of Mexico Blacktip Sharks

• SEDAR 29 HMS Gulf of Mexico Blacktip Shark Stock Assessment Report

• SEDAR 29 Post Review Updates and Projections

• ICCAT Shortfin Mako Shark Stock Assessment and Ecological Risk Assessment

2011

• SEDAR 21 – HMS Sandbar, Dusky, and Blacknose Sharks

• Sandbar Shark Stock Assessment Summary Report*

• Dusky Shark Stock Assessment Summary Report*

• Atlantic Blacknose Shark Stock Assessment Summary Report*

• Gulf of Mexico Blacknose Shark Stock Assessment Summary Report*

• Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks

  • Hayes, C., Y. Jiao, and E. Cortez. 2009. Stock Assessment of Scalloped Hammerheads in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29:1406-1417. 

  • SEFSC Scientific Review of Scalloped Hammerhead Stock Assessment by Hayes, et al. (2009) (PDF, 8 pages)

* Excerpted from Final SEDAR 21 Stock Assessment Reports

2009

• ICCAT Porbeagle Shark Stock Assessment

2007

• SEDAR 13 – HMS Small Coastal Sharks

2006

• SEDAR 11 - HMS Large Coastal Sharks

• Dusky Shark Stock Assessment

2005

• Porbeagle Shark Stock Assessment

2002

• 2002 Stock Assessment of Large Coastal Sharks (PDF, 63 pages)

• Stock Assessment Peer Reviews

  • Dr. Terry Quinn II (PDF, 19 pages)

  • Dr. Kim Holland (PDF, 13 pages)

  • Dr. Dayton L. Alverson (PDF, 15 pages)

• Large Coastal Shark Sensitivity Analysis (PDF, 71 pages)

2002

• Stock Assessment of Small Coastal Sharks in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico (PDF, 113 pages)

2000

• 2000 Shark Evaluation Annual Report (PDF, 24 pages)