EP United Nations Environment Programme UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG 331/6 11 May 2009 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN Ninth Meeting of Focal Points for SPAs Floriana, Malta, 3-6 June 2009 Proposals for amendment of Annexes II and III of the SPA/BD Protocol UNEP RAC/SPA - Tunis, 2009 Note : The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries. © 2009 United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) Boulevard du leader Yasser Arafat B.P.337 –1080 Tunis CEDEX E-mail : [email protected] UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.331/6 Page 1 Table of contents MODIFICATION OF THE LIST OF SPECIES OF ANNEX II .................................................. 5 PROPOSALS FOR ADDING NEW SPECIES ....................................................................... 9 Macrophytes Species ............................................................................................................ 9 Species concerned : Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson ........................................11 Species concerned : Cystoseira abies-marina (S.G. Gmelin) C. Agardh ......................14 Species concerned : Cystoseira algeriensis Feldmann ..................................................17 Species concerned : Cystoseira barbata (Stackhouse) C. Agardh var. barbata et var. tophuloidea (Ercegovic) Giaccone .................................................................................20 Species concerned : Cystoseira barbatula Kützing emend. Cormaci, G. Furnari et Giaccone .......................................................................................................................23 Species concerned : Cystoseira brachycarpa J. Agardh emend. Giaccone var. brachycarpa et var. claudiae (Giaccone) Giaccone .......................................................26 Species concerned : Cystoseira corniculata (Turner) Zanardini .....................................29 Species concerned : Cystoseira crinita Duby .................................................................32 Species concerned : Cystoseira crinitophylla Ercegovic ................................................35 Species concerned : Cystoseira dubia Valiante .............................................................38 Species concerned : Cystoseira elegans Sauvageau ....................................................41 Species concerned : Cystoseira foeniculacea (Linnaeus) Greville f. foeniculacea et f. latiramosa (Ercegovic) A. Gòmez Garreta et al. ; f. tenuiramosa (Ercegovic) A. Gòmez Garreta et al. ; f. schiffneri (Hamel) A. Gòmez Garreta et al. .........................................44 Species concerned : Cystoseira funkii Schiffner ex Gerloff et Nizamuddin ....................47 Species concerned: Cystoseira humilis Schousboe ex Kützing var. humilis et Cystoseira humilis var. myriophylloides (Sauvageau) J.H. Price & D.M. John .................................50 Species concerned : Cystoseira hyblaea Giaccone .......................................................53 Species concerned : Cystoseira jabukae Ercegovic ......................................................56 Species concerned : Cystoseira nodicaulis (Withering) M. Roberts ..............................59 Species concerned : Cystoseira pelagosae Ercegovic ..................................................62 Species concerned : Cystoseira rayssiae E. Ramon .....................................................65 Species concerned : Cystoseira sauvageauana Hamel var. sauvageauana & var. polyoedematis Sauvageau ............................................................................................68 Species concerned : Cystoseira squarrosa De Notaris ..................................................71 UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.331/6 Page 2 Species concerned : Cystoseira susanensis Nizamuddin ..............................................74 Species concerned : Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Hudson) Papenfuss .............................77 Species concerned : Cystoseira usneoides (Linnaeus) M. Roberts ...............................80 Species concerned : Fucus virsoides J. Agardh ............................................................83 Species concerned : Gymnogongrus crenulatus (Turner) J. Agardh 1851 .....................86 Species concerned : Kallymenia spathulata (J. Agardh) Codomier ex P.G. Parkinson ..89 Species concerned : Sargassum acinarium (Linnaeus) Setchell ....................................92 Species concerned : Sargassum flavifolium Kützing ......................................................95 Species concerned : Sargassum hornschuchii C. Agardh .............................................98 Species concerned : Sargassum trichocarpum J. Agardh............................................ 101 Species concerned : Sphaerococcus rhizophylloides J.J. Rodríguez 1895 .................. 104 Species concerned : Tenarea tortuosa (Esper) Lemoine 1910 ................................... 107 Species concerned : Titanoderma trochanter (Bory) Benhissoune, Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque et Verlaque ............................................................................... 110 Cartilaginous Fish Species ................................................................................................. 114 Species concerned: Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) ............................................ 116 Species concerned: Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) ........................................ 122 Species concerned: Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810) ......................................... 128 Species concerned: Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) .................. 133 Species concerned: Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758) ................................................... 138 Species concerned: Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) .......................................... 144 Species concerned: Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus, 1758) ............................................. 150 Species concerned: Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) ........................................ 154 Species concerned: Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) ......................................... 158 Species concerned: Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) ................................................ 165 Species concerned: Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838) .............................................. 170 Species concerned: Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926) .............................................. 174 Species concerned: Mustelus spp: Mustelus asterias (Cloquet, 1821), Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) Mustelus punctulatus (Risso, 1826) .................................. 178 Species concerned: Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) ................................................... 184 Species concerned: Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758) ............................................ 189 Species concerned: Pristis spp - Pristis pectinata (Latham, 1794); Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758) ......................................................................................................... 193 Species concerned: Raja undulata (Lacepède, 1802) ................................................. 197 UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.331/6 Page 3 Species concerned: Rhinobatos spp - Rhinobatos cemiculus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817); Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758) .......................................................... 202 Species concerned: Rostroraja alba (Lacepède, 1803) ............................................... 208 Species concerned: Sphyrna spp: Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834). Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) ..................................... 213 Species concerned: Squalus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758) ............................................ 219 Species concerned: Squatina spp: Squatina aculeata (Dumeril, in Cuvier, 1817), Squatina oculata (Bonaparte, 1840) Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758), .................. 224 Marine and coastal Bird Species ........................................................................................ 230 Species concerned: Ceryle r. rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) .................................................. 231 Species concerned: Charadrius. alexandrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) ................................. 234 Species concerned: Charadrius leschenaultii columbines (Lesson, 1826) ................... 237 Species concerned: Halcyons. smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) ...................................... 240 Species concerned: Larus armenicus (Buturlin,1934) .................................................. 243 Species concerned: Larus genei (Breme, 1839) .......................................................... 246 Species concerned: Larus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) ................................... 249 Species concerned : Puffinus mauretanicus (Lowe, PR, 1921).................................... 252 Species concerned: Sterna caspia (Pallas,1770) ........................................................ 256 Species concerned: Sterna nilotica (Gmelin, JF,1789) ................................................ 258 UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.331/6 Page 4 UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG.331/6 Page 5 MODIFICATION OF THE LIST OF SPECIES OF ANNEX II In view of the taxonomic changes which occurred since the establishment of