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Ragged tooth shark
Ragged tooth shark
Carcharius taurus
SA Names
Spotted ragged-tooth shark, raggie
Other Names
Sand tiger (Australia)SASSI Category
Red
Capture or Production Info
Caught by recreational boat anglers, and bycatch for commercial linefishers. Also caught in the KZN shark nets
Biological Info
Sluggish, slow-growing shark with migration, forms seasonal aggregations in regular locailities (e.g. Aliwal Shoal)Habitat
Inshore shallow water in bays
Distribution
Agulhas Bank, SW and E Cape
Conservation Notes
Formerly only caught for use as bait by bottom trawlers, most tjokka in the last 20 years was caught by squid jigging boats. Resource well managed but this short lived species is prone to large annual fluctuations. Many imported species are available on market, especially from the Falkland Islands (Patagonian squid) and China (squid steaks). Some of these are caught by trawling