Marine fishes at CITES CoP 19
CITES COP 19, Panama Convention Center, Panama City, 14-25 November 2022
Twenty years after the first marine fishes were added to CITES Appendix II, we explore progress in implementing these listings. We present a novel framework for assessing implementation of CITES obligations in general, then report specifically on progress for seahorses, sharks and rays, and humphead wrasse. We also offer suggestions for enhancing CITES implementation of Appendix II listings for marine fishes and other taxa.
SIDE-EVENT: Assessing implementation of CITES Appendix II listings for fully marine fishes
Wed Nov 16, 17:15 - 19:00, Caribe 6
View side-event talk here
Vincent et al., 2022. Implementing CITES Appendix II listings for marine fishes: a novel framework and a constructive analysis. Fisheries Centre Research Report, 30(3), 189 pp.
EXECUTIVE summary for cOp19
IUCN. 2022. IMPLEMENTING CITES APPENDIX II LISTINGS FOR MARINE FISHES: A novel framework and a constructive analysis.
(English) Information Document for the 19th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties. CoP 19 Inf. 90. 15 pp.
Other relevant documents
Vincent et al., 2013. The role of CITES in the conservation of marine fishes subject to international trade.
This briefing and the Spanish and French equivalents were distributed at CITES CoP 16 and influenced the final decision to begin regulating exports of five species of sharks an all manta rays, globally.
[Updated Nov 2022]