Information on how shark populations respond to increases in fishing mortality (F) is critical to developing successful management and conservation strategies. However, data on catch, effort and abundance are often lacking for shark populations – preventing stock assessments from being conducted. Static demographic models circumvent this issue as they only require life history parameters. Age-structured Leslie Matrix models were developed and applied for silvertip shark Carcharhinus albimarginatus and common blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus populations from the Indo-Pacific region. Stochasticity was introduced to these models by varying vital rates though Monte Carlo Simulations. Varying levels of F were introduced to the analyses to determine how both species respond to fishing pressure. Management scenarios were further developed to determine strategies that could facilitate sustainable harvesting. The demographic estimates demonstrated that both species would have increasing populations when unfished (C. albimarginatus λ = 1.02 and C. limbatus λ = 1.04). However, both populations would decline when low levels of F (<0.05) were applied to all age-classes. The matrix elasticities revealed that changes to fertility elements had little effect on λ, while changes in juvenile survival produced the largest changes. However, age-at-first-capture analysis revealed protecting the juvenile life stage of both species would be an ineffective management strategy as both species mature at old ages. An age-at-last-capture analysis revealed that these species could be harvested while maintaining increasing populations through a gauntlet fishery. This required F to be restrained to individuals <100cm TL while protecting the older age-classes to preserve the breeding stock. This strategy would allow up to 20% of this length class to be harvested for both species before population declines would occur. However, this strategy is dependent on the ability to successfully protect all other age-classes from fishing – a strategy which may not be pragmatic in developing nations where little regulation occurs.