Summary
This study assesses bycatch and depredation by sharksand odontocetes in the French Polynesian longline fishery between 2000 and 2018, and finds that less than 2% of the catch had been depredated, but shark bycatch was high (20,000 sharks annually, 0.5 shark every 1000 hooks). Conversely, odontocete bycatch was comparatively low (13 occurrences in 18 years), though reporting may have been inaccurate. This is important as there is a plan to double offshore fisheries production in the French Polynesia EEZ by 2027.