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Report of the SIXTH FAO EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL for the ASSESSMENT of PROPOSALS to AMEND APPENDICES I and II of CITES CONCERNING COMMERCIALLY-EXPLOITED AQUATIC SPECIES FIAF/R1255 (En) FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report ISSN 2070-6987 Report of the SIXTH FAO EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSALS TO AMEND APPENDICES I AND II OF CITES CONCERNING COMMERCIALLY-EXPLOITED AQUATIC SPECIES Rome, 21‒25 January 2019 FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1255 FIAF/R1255 (En) Report of the SIXTH FAO EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSALS TO AMEND APPENDICES I AND II OF CITES CONCERNING COMMERCIALLY-EXPLOITED AQUATIC SPECIES Rome, 21‒25 January 2019 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2019 Required citation: FAO. 2019. Report of the Sixth FAO Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II of CITES Concerning Commercially Exploited Aquatic Species, Rome, 21–25 January 2019. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1255. Rome. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. ISBN 978-92-5-131315-2 © FAO, 2019 Some rights reserved. 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FAO information products are available on the FAO website (www.fao.org/publications) and can be purchased through [email protected]. Requests for commercial use should be submitted via: www.fao.org/contact-us/licence-request. Queries regarding rights and licensing should be submitted to: [email protected]. iii PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT This is the report of the Sixth FAO Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II of CITES Concerning Commercially-Exploited Aquatic Species (Expert Panel), held at FAO headquarters from 21 to 25 January 2019. The meeting of the Expert Panel was funded by the FAO Regular Programme with extra assistance from the Governments of Japan and the European Union. The figures presented in this document are reproduced as they appear in the source materials from which they were obtained: there is thus some variability in terms of languages, image quality and labelling styles. iv ABSTRACT The Sixth 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 21 to 25 January 2019. The Expert 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 following endorsement from the Twenty-Sixth session of COFI to convene the Expert Panel for relevant proposals to future CITES Conference of the Parties. The objectives of the Expert Panel were to: i. assess each proposal from a scientific perspective in accordance with the CITES biological listing criteria (Resolution Conf. 9.24 [Rev. CoP17]); 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 Expert Panel considered the following four proposals submitted to the eighteenth Conference of the Parties to CITES: CoP18 Prop. 42. Proposal to include the mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a) and Isurus paucus in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(b). The Expert Panel assessment of Proposal 42 concluded that the available data do not provide evidence that the species meets the CITES Appendix II listing criteria. CoP18 Prop. 43. Proposal to include blackchin guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus and the sharpnose guitarfish, Glaucostegus granulatus in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a) and inclusion of all other giant guitarfish, Glaugostegus spp. in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(b). The Expert Panel assessment of Proposal 43 concluded that there was insufficient evidence to make a decision in relation to CITES criteria, recommending that CITES Parties take note of the one example of extirpation, the widespread lack of management and the very high value of guitarfish fins in international trade. CoP18 Prop. 44. Proposal to include white-spotted wedgefish, Rhynchobatus australiae and Rhynchobatus djiddensis in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). If listed, this would include Rhynchobatus cooki, Rhynchobatus immaculatus, Rhynchobatus laevis, Rhynchobatus luebberti, Rhynchobatus palpebratus, Rhynchobatus springeri, Rhynchorhina mauritaniensis, Rhina ancylostoma, and all other putative species of the Rhinidae (wedgefish) family in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(b). The Expert Panel assessment of Proposal 44 concluded that there was insufficient evidence to make a decision in relation to CITES criteria, recommending that CITES Parties take note of the widespread lack of management and the very high value of wedgefish fins in international trade. CoP18 Prop. 45. Proposal to include the subgenus Holothuria (Microthele): Holothuria fuscogilva, Holothuria nobilis and Holothuria whitmaei in Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a). The Expert Panel assessment of Proposal 45 concluded that the available data for Holothuria fuscogilva does not meet the CITES Appendix II listing criteria, that there was insufficient evidence to make a determination for Holothuria nobilis, but that Holothuria whitmaei does meet the CITES Appendix II listing criteria. The report includes an assessment of each of the four proposals in-line with the objectives outlined above, highlighting the Expert 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. v CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Background and purpose of the Expert Panel ................................................................................................ 1 The Expert Panel meeting .............................................................................................................................. 1 Proposals of commercial aquatic species for CoP 18 .................................................................................... 2 FAO EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL ASSESSMENT REPORT: COP18 PROPOSAL 42 ............................. 5 Assessment summary .................................................................................................................................... 5 Scientific assessment in accordance with CITES biological listing criteria .................................................. 5 Comments on technical aspects relating to management, trade and likely effectiveness of implementation of a CITES listing
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