Based on the statistical data, the trends of sharks' production during 1994 - 2003 are various among the landing sites. In Pelabuhan Ratu and Cilacap, the shark production tends to decrease where in Pelabuhan Ratu, the sharks production decreased by 82.68 %, namely from 562,891 ton (1993) to 97,492 ton (2003), while in Cilacap, the sharks production decreased by 81.03 %, namely from 863,943 ton (1993) to 163,914 ton (2003). The decreasing of total sharks production in both landing sites were caused mostly by reducing of fishing efforts. In this case, the catching areas tend to be farther from the coastline resulting the difficulty of small boats to reach those areas as well as the increasing of operating cost due to the rising price of fuel.

Meanwhile, in Benoa Bali, the shark production tends to be more stable every year with increasing production from 106 ton (19.53%) in 1994 to 126.7 ton in 2003. Whereas, in Muara Baru (Jakarta) and Bitung (North Sulawesi), the sharks production have fluctuated in which the peak of production were 637.1 ton in 1999 in Muara Baru (Jakarta) and 10,500.5 ton in 1995 in Bitung (North Sulawesi).

Information on shark fisheries in Indonesia was collected under the one year study on shark fisheries in the ASEAN region, conducted by SEAFDEC in collaboration with eight Member Countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The study aims to develop standard method for information collection on shark fisheries, to be further undertaken by each Member Countries, to support sustainable management and utilization of sharks in the ASEAN region.