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Noaa's Recreational Fishery Statistics DATA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's (NOAA) Recreational Fisheries Statistics Program records catch data from recreational fisheries. Their website provides descriptions and materials for each of the recreational data collection programs administered by the Fisheries Statistics Division, Office of Science & Technology, NOAA Fisheries Service. Their mission is to provide accurate, precise, and timely fisheries-dependent information for US marine waters through the coordination and administration of recreational fisheries surveys nationwide. Source

The following data is sourced from their data base and presents a snapshot of sharks caught by the recreational fishing industry for the last 5 years on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States.

Shark Free Marinas is a sensible and positive step towards reducing these numbers.

Cartilaginous Fish killed (average) 2004-2008
       
 
Dog-fish Sharks
Other Sharks
Rays
NORTH ATLANTIC
30,217
2,386
17,902
MID-ATLANTIC
47,605
217,014
66,948
SOUTH ATLANTIC
23,210
84,440
13,966
GULF OF MEXICO
427
87,098
12,297
CARIBBEAN
1,404
911
1,853
TOTAL
102,863
391,849
112,966
 

Cartilaginous Fish caught (average) 2004-2008
 
 
Dog-fish Sharks
Other Sharks
Rays
NORTH ATLANTIC
1,121,692
50,964
420,770
MID-ATLANTIC
1,903,780
801,039
2,639,627
SOUTH ATLANTIC
160,954
2,886,801
1,254,641
GULF OF MEXICO
4,867
1,192,851
747,229
CARIBBEAN
7,019
1,650
2,678
TOTAL
3,198,311
4,933,305
5,064,944
       

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