The brown-banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum, is one of the most common sharks caught in coastal fisheries across Southeast Asia; however, its small size and low economic value typically exclude it from the attention of fisheries managers. As part of an assessment of a potential role for this shark in improving the sustainability of coastal shark fisheries in Indonesia, we investigated its reproductive biology from waters around the Seribu Islands on the basis of monthly sampling from a fish landing in Tanjung Pasir, Banten. Females have fully functional uteri, but asymmetric ovaries, with only the right ovary being functional and the left ovary being atrophied. The species is reproductively active throughout the year, with the optimum period for males to copulate being from June to August, and the optimum period for egg-laying in females from July to January on the basis of their physiological condition. Females mature at a larger size than do males, 704- and 653-mm total length respectively. To allow a continuous recruitment flow to the population, and to facilitate compliance and monitoring, we recommend that fishers release all brown-banded bamboo sharks greater than 700 mm in total length.

棕带竹鲨Chiloscyllium punctatum，是东南亚沿海渔业中最常见的鲨鱼之一；然而，它的体积小和经济价值低通常使它不受渔业管理者的关注。作为对该鲨鱼在改善印度尼西亚沿海鲨鱼渔业可持续性中潜在作用的评估的一部分，我们根据每月从万丹Tanjung Pasir着陆的鱼类抽样调查了其在Seribu群岛周围水域的繁殖生物学。雌性子宫功能齐全，但卵巢不对称，只有右卵巢功能正常，左卵巢萎缩。该物种全年都有繁殖活动，男性交配的最佳时期是6月至8月，根据女性的生理状况，确定7月至1月女性的最佳产卵期。女性的成熟尺寸要大于男性，分别为704和653毫米。为了使招募人员不断涌入，并促进依从性和监控，我们建议渔民释放所有长度超过700毫米的棕带竹鲨。