unavailable. ment information is largely revealed significant declines. might not differentiate differentiate not might revealed significant declines. largely is information ment pce ad tc ass-Ida n Idnsa wih nentoa tae Traders trade. international which Indonesia, and India assess- stock and species mates do not exist for these tional catch datasets from value of the products (fins) in (fins) products the of value from datasets catch tional these for exist not do mates oe ta pplto et-Pnl a acs t ad-seis n te ey high very the and species addi- to access had Panel esti- population that noted eln. h Epr Pnl o wdeih te xet ment in the fisheries taking the Expert the wedgefish, For Panel Expert The of levels decline. high of argument ern nmn h rpsls lacking. bearing in mind the proposal's across the species' range, dence on a larger scale was Panel recommends that that recommends Panel was scale larger a on dence range, species' the across stock status information Senegal, but numerical evi- these species, the Expert Expert the species, these evi- numerical but Senegal, information status stock The Expert Panel looked for declines guitarfish catches in In considering whether to list to whether considering In in catches guitarfish declines for looked Panel Expert The ductivity. being of low-to-medium pro- Mediterranean part of their determination against the the against determination their of part Mediterranean pro- low-to-medium of being ie yteEpr ae s ae i te otwsen decline, as required to make a northwestern the in pated as Panel Expert the by nized ae osa pce,rcg utrih ae en xi-ln- r hr- em ae of rate term short- or long- extir- been have guitarfish recog- species, coastal water aes bv) r shallow- are above) panels above) and wedgefish (lower Blackchin guitarfish, guitarfish, Blackchin (lower wedgefish and above) The guitarfish (upper panels There was evidence that wedgefish insufficient to to insufficient wedgefish that evidence was There panels (upper guitarfish The Wedgefish, Rhynchobatusaustraliae&R.djiddensis Guitarfish, Glaucosteguscemiculus&G.granulatus R. djiddensis R. australiae G. granulatus G. cemiculus Insufficient DatatomakeaCITESdetermination eln aafrgiafs n problem between species. decline data for guitarfish and h pnl osdrd h riig ptnil lookalike potential a raising the considered panel The oa eiec o long-term CITES of criteria. evidence local was there Elsewhere range. s u l u c i m e c pce rne ete fr the for either range, species r e h t o d n a , G. G. ewe tee pce' fins, species' these between ieped ak f manage- of lack widespread CITES parties take note of the establish declines over the full Proposals: 43+44 EXPERT PANEL SUMMARY
Source: F. Carocci Source: F. Carocci Source: F. Carocci Source: F. Carocci
Scientific assessment in accordance with CITES biological listing criteria Guitarfish, Glaucostegus cemiculus & G. granulatus Wedgefish, Rhynchobatus australiae & R. djiddensis
Management The FAO IPOA-Sharks As inshore coastal species and Sierra Leone amongst underscores the responsibil- that are affected by the deg- others. ities of fishing and coastal radation of local environ- states to sustain shark popu- ments and mixed fisheries, For wedgefish, the India and lations and improve shark both require management at Bangladesh Wildlife Protec- data collection and monitor- local and artisanal scales. tion Acts protects species, ing. Wedgefish also feature The use of bycatch reduc- as do regulations in Paki- in the 'Convention on the tion devices attached to stan. In Western Australia, Conservation of Migratory trawl nets can be effective in there is a prohibition on Species of Wild Animals' reducing bycatch of these shark and ray landings in Appendices. species. non shark-targeted fisheries.
The General Fisheries Com- In some West African coun- The listing of all other spe- mission for the Mediterra- tries guitarfish are registered cies in the Glaucostegidae nean adopts measures pro- in shark and ray catch and Rhinidae families, on hibiting the retention, tran- records, and MPAs and the basis of 'lookalike' provi- shipment, landing or offering other spatial measures have sions, will require extra man- for sale of guitarfish. been established in Guinea, agement considerations for Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania all species in these families.
Trade Guitarfish and wedgefish fins are widely traded on tiate between these spe- are retained when captured Asian markets and consti- cies, and CITES parties incidentally. Retention, tute an important compo- should carefully consider where permitted, is for nent of overall shark fins whether there is a 'lookalike' domestic consumption and traded. There is no evi- problem between guitarfish international trade. Their dence that traders differen- and wedgefish. management, trade and implementation Comments on technical aspects relative to
LIKELY EFFECTIVENESS FOR CONSERVATION It is difficult to draw clear con- assessments of stock sta- many range states, and the
clusions regarding the effec- tus, as well as the subse- limited ability to make NDFs le
tiveness of existing (and quent adoption of manage- (as evidenced by the situa- ab il e a c future) trade and manage- ment measures ensuring the tion encountered for shark v en ic
ment measures, given the sustainability of harvests, and ray species already k is a lack of data available to where still permitted. listed) may lead to the fol- or s w assess these measures. lowing outcomes: 0 IGO l 3. Thi . SA
T h e l i s t i n g o f t h e - ed v C
− previous trade ceases; r
However, if properly imple- Glaucostegus spp genus N - Y mented, a CITES Appendix and the Rhinidae family − trade continues without ese II listing could be expected to would help to resolve the proper CITES documenta- ts r
result in better monitoring 'lookalike' issues across the tion (also known as 'illegal er a CC B nd
and reporting of the catches taxa. trade'); and/or Some righ u entering international trade. − trade continues with inad- Improved monitoring should The lack of Rhynchobatus 9
equate NDFs. 1 enable new or enhanced fishery information across , 20 O A © F
CA4269EN/1/04.19