 The pelagic thresher has never been implicated in an attack on humans; it has small jaws and teeth for its size and tends to flee from divers.This shark is taken by commercial fisheries in the central Pacific and western Indian Oceans, as well as off California and Mexico.Abundant off northeastern Taiwan, it comprises over 12% (about 3,100 fish, 220 metric tons) of the annual Taiwanese shark landings.