A progress report on the implementation of the IOTC bigeye thresher shark post-release mortality study project (IOTC BTH PRM Project)

We present a progress report on the IOTC bigeye thresher shark post-release mortality study
project (IOTC BTH PRM Project). The goal of the study is to evaluate efficiency of the IOTC CMM
focused on conservation of thresher sharks of the genus Alopias (Resolution 12/09). Summary of
the collective efforts since IOTC WPEB 13, including development of formal documents, operation
manuals, PSATs acquisition and preparation, field operations is presented.