Large Coastal Shark Mortalities
1981 to 1996
 
The above chart was created from the table of values below that was provided at the July, 1997 shark evaluation annual update. 
 
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Year
Commercial
Longline Discards
Unreported Landings
Coastal Discards
Total
Recreational
Total Commercial
1981
16.2
0.9
 
 
265
17.1
1982
16.2
0.9
 
 
413.9
17.1
1983
17.5
0.9
 
 
746.6
18.4
1984
23.9
1.3
 
 
254.6
25.2
1985
22.2
1.2
 
 
366.1
23.4
1986
54
2.9
24.9
 
426.1
81.8
1987
104.7
9.7
70.3
 
314.4
184.7
1988
274.6
11.4
113.3
 
300.6
399.3
1989
351
10.5
96.3
 
221.1
457.8
1990
267.5
8
52.1
 
213.2
327.6
1991
200.2
7.5
11.3
 
293.3
219
1992
215.2
20.9
 
 
304.9
236.1
1993
169.4
7.3
 
17.6
249
194.3
1994
190.1
8.8
 
19.1
160.9
218
1995
160.4
6.1
 
17.3
183.4
183.8
1996
117.5
6.1
 
12.2
184.2
135.8