Spotless smooth-hound consumption of its flesh and fins which are much esteemed. It is caught using gillnets, trawls and longline fishing, either as bycatch or as a targeted species. It is not known whether the level of fishing is sustainable or whether the population is in decline. The IUCN has listed its conservation status of this shark as being "data deficient" and considers that further survey work needs to be done to assess population trends and catch sizes. Spotless smooth-hound The spotless smooth-hound ("Mustelus griseus") is a species of houndshark, in the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the northwest
Hound trailing the popularity of the sport led to the establishment of the "Hound Trailing Association" in 1906, this was followed by the Border Hound Trailing Association in 1933 and later the Yorkshire Hound Trailing Association and associations in County Cork and County Kerry. Trail hounds have evolved into a distinct breed or type of hound specifically bred for performance alone, they are sleek, hard muscled hounds with almost whippet like bodies. Trail hounds descend from the Fell hounds, foxhounds found in the north of England. In his "Foxes, foxhounds and fox-hunting", Richard Clapham stated "fell hounds trace their origin back to