國際自然保護聯盟因應扁鯊數量的大幅下降及持續存在的威脅,將它們列為處於極危狀況。它們也被列在1976年《巴塞隆納公約》(Barcelona Convention)附錄三中。在巴利阿里群島有三個海洋保護區正在保護它們。[1]於2008年,英格蘭及威爾斯海岸對出11公里內實施全面保護扁鯊的政策。[18][19]英國及比利時曾建議將扁鯊納入《東北大西洋海洋環境保護公約》(Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic)但不成功。[1]
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