| Activity and stimuli |
Physical activity and response to stimuli |
1 (strong and lively, flopping around on deck, shark can tightly clench jaws, no stiffness) |
0.66 (weaker movement but still lively, response if stimulated or provoked, shark can clench jaws, no stiffness) |
0.33 (intermittent movement, physical activity limited to fin ripples or twitches, little response to stimuli, body appears limp but not in rigor mortis, some stiffness) |
0 (shark in rigor mortis or dead and limp, stiff and lifeless, no physical activity or response to stimuli, jaws hanging open) |
| Wounds and bleeding |
Presence of wounds and bleeding |
1 (no cuts or bleeding observed) |
0.66 (1–3 small cuts or lacerations not deep only on skin, some bleeding but not flowing profusely, no exposed or damaged organs) |
0.33 (>3 small cuts or one severe cut or wound, some bleeding but not flowing profusely, little organ exposure and if exposed, organs are undamaged) |
0 (extensive small cuts or very severe wounds or missing body parts, excessive bleeding, blood flowing freely and continuously in large quantities, internal organs exposed and damaged, may be protruding) |
| Sea lice |
Skin damage by sea lice |
1 (no penetration of body by sea lice, body is intact) |
0.66 (minor penetration of body by sea lice) |
0.33 (moderate body penetration but sea lice mostly on the cloaca area) |
0 (extensive penetration of body via eyes, cloaca, gills, and/or skin, sea lice ate tissue) |
| Skin damage and bruising |
Skin damage and surface bruising by physical trauma |
1 (0% of skin body damage or bruises or redness) |
0.66 (<5% of skin body damage or bruises or redness) |
0.33 (5–40% of skin body damage or bruises or redness) |
0 (>40% of skin body damage or bruises or redness) |
