Scalloped hammerhead  (Sphyrna lewini)

Threats

The scalloped hammerhead is fished in low numbers commercially and as game-fish, and is also caught as by-catch in longline fisheries. Its liver is used for vitamins, its fins for soup, its meat for human consumption and its carcasses for fishmeal (1). Pups occupying shallow coastal nursery areas are particularly exposed to fishing pressures (2).

Conservation

No direct conservation action is targeted at the scalloped hammerhead.

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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