In the northeast Atlantic (including the North Sea), the porbeagle is considered to belong to a single stock (Ref. 88758). Since 1976 DATRAS reported catches of 0 individuals out of 847 hauls taken in or near the German EEZ of the North Sea (Ref. 88760). Has been reported to enter North Sea estuaries (Ref. 88759). Rare in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (Ref. 88740). It occasionally strays into the western Baltic Sea (Ref. 82311) where it was once common (Ref. 88740). Also Ref. 43278.

Threat status: threatened migrant in the German Baltic Sea in 1996 (Ref. 88159).

Human activities in the German North and Baltic seas that might affect porbeagles: fisheries (including bycatch, Ref. 83294) and chemical pollution (Ref. 88171).