Fifth FAO Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II of CITES Concerning Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species, Rome, Italy, 6-10 June 2016.

Published online
21 Sep 2016
Published by
Food and Agriculture Organization
Content type
Bulletin; Conference proceedings
URL
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5932e.pdf


Publication language
English

Abstract

The fifth FAO Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II of CITES Concerning Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species was held at FAO headquarters from 6 to 10 June 2016. The Panel was convened in response to the agreement by the twenty-fifth session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) on the terms of reference for an expert advisory panel for assessment of proposals to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and to the endorsement of the twenty-sixth session of COFI to convene the Panel for relevant proposals to future CITES Conference of the Parties. The objectives of the Panel were to: i. assess each proposal from a scientific perspective in accordance with the CITES biological listing criteria (Resolution Conf. 9.24 [Rev. CoP16]); ii. comment, as appropriate, on technical aspects of the proposal in relation to biology, ecology, trade and management issues, as well as, to the extent possible, the likely effectiveness for conservation. The Panel considered the following seven proposals submitted to the seventeenth Conference of the Parties to CITES: * CoP17 Prop. 42. Proposal to include silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). * CoP17 Prop. 43. Proposal to include bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). If listed, this would include all other species of thresher sharks, genus Alopias spp. in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(b). * CoP17 Prop. 44. Proposal to include sicklefin devil ray, Mobula tarapacana and spinetail devil ray, Mobula japanica in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). If listed, this would include all other species of mobula rays, genus Mobula spp. in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(b). * CoP17 Prop. 45. Proposal to include Raya, Potamotrygon motoro in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). * CoP17 Prop. 46. Proposal to include the Banggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). * CoP17 Prop. 47. Proposal to include clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). * CoP17 Prop. 48. Proposal to include the Family Nautilidae in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). The Panel report includes an assessment of each of the seven proposals following the objectives presented above, highlighting the Panel's determination of whether information on the species in question meet the CITES Appendix criteria, and noting biology, ecology, trade and management issues, as well as, to the extent possible, the likely effectiveness of a listing for conservation.

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