The Sandbar Shark occurs in coastal, often shallow waters and is associated with sandy or muddy flats, bays, estuaries and harbours (Grubbs et al. 2007). The species also occurs further offshore, particularly on banks, near islands, flat reefs and other topographic features in open waters from the surface to 280 m depth, but is typically found in waters less than 100 m depth (Compagno et al. 2005). It attains a maximum size of at least 240 cm total length (TL) (Ebert et al. 2013). Size at maturity in females ranges from 129-158 cm TL and from 123-156 cm TL in males. This species is viviparous with a yolk sac placenta with a gestation period estimated at 9-12 months (McAuley et al. 2007). Females apparently have young only every two or three years. Litter size is variable and depends in part on the size of the mother, and ranges from 1-10 (Tester 1969, McAuley et al. 2007). Size at birth varies slightly by region but does not follow the same geographic pattern. New born pups range from 40-65 cm TL (Capapé 1984, McAuley et al. 2007).Sandbar Sharks are slow-growing K-selected species (Hoff and Musick 1987, Sminkey and Musick 1995). Wild populations grow very slowly and mature at a relatively late age (Lawler 1976, Casey et al. 1985, Sminkey and Musick 1995). Maturity in these studies was estimated at 13-16 years. The ages at which 50% of female and male sharks were mature was estimated to be 16.2 and 13.8 years, respectively (McAuley et al. 2006) and longevity is 35-41 years (McAuley et al. 2006). In the Tasman Sea, age at maturity for females and males was 9.5 and 7 years, respectively (Geraghty et al. 2015). Generation length is therefore estimated as 28.5 years.