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AC31 Doc. 25 Annex 2 Compilation of responses from Parties to Notification to the Parties No. 2020/016 dated 28 February 2020 in the language and format in which they were received Contents Cambodia ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…1 Canada ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………..……..3 Colombia …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..5 Costa Rica …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………..………15 Croatia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………..……….35 European Union ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………..………….36 Indonesia ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..43 Israel ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….51 Italy ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..55 Japan ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….60 Mexico ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..66 Monaco ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….69 Netherlands …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………73 New Zealand ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..77 Oceania Parties …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….79 Peru ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..83 Senegal ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..89 Thailand ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….91 United States of America ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………146 Cambodia AC31 Doc. 25 Annex 2 Canada Canadian Response to CITES Notification 2020/016 New Information on Shark and Ray Conservation and Management Activities in Canada Fisheries Management Activities There are no directed fisheries for pelagic sharks in Canada. Non-targeted, retained harvest of some pelagic sharks is licensed in the tuna and swordfish longline fisheries and in groundfish fisheries in Atlantic Ocean waters. The harvesting of pelagic sharks in Pacific waters is prohibited. Canada regularly reviews management of all fisheries and works to identify ways to strengthen our domestic management of sharks. Recent management measures have been implemented in Canada. - Canada has implemented a new prohibition on retention of Shortfin Mako in Canada beginning in 2020. This new management measure has been included in licence conditions for the 2020 pelagic longline fisheries. All licence holders are now prohibited from retaining Shortfin Mako on board fishing vessels. - Amendments to Canada’s Fisheries Act legislation came into force in August 2019. The amendments provide protections for sharks by prohibiting the import and export of shark fins not naturally attached into and out of Canada. The new legislation also prohibits the practice of shark finning. - Canada has implemented a mandatory fins-attached management measure for all pelagic sharks retained as bycatch. This measure was fully implemented for all fisheries in March 2018. Under this new measure, all harvesters are required to land pelagic sharks with the fins at least partially attached to the carcass. - There have been changes to a large number of fisheries’ license conditions to minimize risk to White Sharks. This was done to ensure fisheries were compliant with the listing of White Shark under the domestic Canadian Species at Risk Act. Research and Monitoring Activities Canada continues to undertake scientific research and monitoring activities, and produces science advice related to the conservation and management of sharks. Recent research and monitoring activities have been implemented in Canada. - A new analysis of post-release mortality of Porbeagle and Shortfin Mako sharks was completed through the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Scientific Committee on Research and Statistics. The post-release mortality analysis included an analysis of recovery times which suggests that in-water tagging is less physiologically harmful than tagging on a vessel. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada is taking a lead role in the upcoming ICCAT assessment for Porbeagle in 2020 by developing an Incidental Catch Model to evaluate current stock status. Canada is collaborating with the U.S.A. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to update Porbeagle age parameters which will contribute to the upcoming stock assessment. - A research project to evaluate historical removals of White shark in the North Atlantic has been completed. Ongoing collaborative research with partners to investigate the distribution and habitat use of White Shark in Canada is underway. - A population abundance estimate of Basking Shark in Atlantic Canadian waters from aerial survey data is underway. This abundance estimate will be compared to data from 2008 to evaluate recent trends in Basking Shark abundance. - A research project is underway to examine Greenland Shark bycatch in Canadian waters, with a focus on the inshore. This work will support research into bycatch mitigation for Greenland Shark in Canadian fisheries. - A framework review of modeling approaches and a stock assessment of Northwest Atlantic Spiny Dogfish was completed in 2018 and 2019. - A comprehensive field guide on all Canadian Pacific chondrichthyans was published through the British Columbia Royal Museum, offering improved identification guides of sharks, skates, rays and ratfish. - An analysis is underway examining the misidentification of Bluntnose Sixgill sharks as Pacific Sleeper Sharks in the groundfish longline fisheries. This work will improve the relative index of abundance used for both species, with direct implications for assessing the status of these species under domestic species at risk legislation. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada collaborated in the recent stock assessment for Blue Shark in the North Pacific conducted by the International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific (ISC) shark working group. Status and recommendation will be made to the ISC Plenary in July 2020. Shortfin Mako Appendix II Listing Shortfin Mako was listed on Appendix II in 2019. Canada has recently implemented a new prohibition on retention of Shortfin Mako for pelagic longline fisheries in 2020. All licence holders are now prohibited from retaining Shortfin Mako on board fishing vessels. Colombia SOLICITUD DE INFORMACIÓN NUEVA SOBRE ACTIVIDADES DE CONSERVACIÓN Y GESTIÓN DE TIBURONES Y RAYAS, INCLUYENDO EL TÍTULO DE LA LEGISLACIÓN INFORME DE COLOMBIA En su 18a reunión (CoP18, Ginebra, 2019), la Conferencia de las Partes adoptó las Decisiones 18.218 a 18.225 sobre Tiburones y rayas (Elasmobranchii spp.). En la Decisión 18.220 se encarga a la Secretaría que haga lo siguiente: a) emitir una Notificación a las Partes, invitándolas a: i) proporcionar resúmenes concisos de la nueva información sobre sus actividades de conservación y gestión de tiburones y rayas, en particular: A. la elaboración de dictámenes de extracción no perjudicial; Colombia cuenta con un ejercicio de elaboración de Dictámenes de Extracción no Perjudicial (DENP’s) para el Tiburón martillo “Sphyrna lewini” realizado en el año 2017 a partir de información de volúmenes de captura de la especie por la escasa información biológica que se tiene. Asimismo, se ha participado en varios Talleres regionales de construcción de DENP´s; donde se resalta como recomendación, la necesidad de tener asistencia técnica de CITES para proveer de metodologías de elaboración de DENP’s cuando se tenga poca información biológica de las especies. B. la realización de dictámenes de adquisición legal; Colombia no cuenta con Dictámenes de adquisición legal C. la identificación de los productos de tiburones incluidos en los Apéndices de la CITES en el comercio; y Se han desarrollado talleres para mejorar la toma de información de Tiburones y cursos de capacitación sobre la identificación de los mismos. Donde: se ha participado en los distintos espacios convocados para tratar temas de implementación de los acuerdos CITES y se está trabajando en la construcción de medidas para el cumplimiento de las mismas. Calle 37 No. 8 - 40 Conmutador (571) 3323400 www.minambiente.gov.co Se ha trabajado conjuntamente con la Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales - DIAN y la Autoridad Nacional de Acuicultura y Pesca – AUNAP para la elaboración de Propuesta de Desdoblamiento de Códigos arancelarios para las especies incluidas en los apéndices. Se han liderado talleres de capacitación con entes de control en puerto (Aduanas, Policía, Autoridad Pesquera, Autoridad ambiental, etc.) en metodologías de identificación de Tiburones a través de sus aletas; como también socialización de la normatividad nacional y procedimientos de control. D. registrar las existencias de partes y derivados de tiburón comerciales y/o preconvención de especies de elasmobranquios incluidos en el Apéndice II de la CITES y controlar la entrada de esas existencias en el comercio; y Se cuenta con los registros de información de comercio internacional de productos y subproductos de Tiburones hasta el año 2015, que fue producto de un ejercicio de desdoblamiento de Códigos arancelarios realizado en el país mediante trabajo conjunto (Convenio de Asociación 288 de 2015) entre el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible con la Asociación de Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales (ASOCARS); la información se presenta generalizada a Tiburones, teniendo en cuenta los registros de estadísticas de comercio de la Dirección de Aduanas Nacionales, Información de FAO y datos de Bloom Foundation; los valores de captura para tiburones