FAO.
Report of the second FAO Ad Hoc Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to
Amend Appendices I and II of CITES Concerning Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species.
Rome, 26–30 March 2007.
FAO Fisheries Report. No. 833. Rome, FAO. 2007. 133p.
ABSTRACT
The second FAO Ad Hoc 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 26 to 30 March 2007. The 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 ad hoc expert advisory panel for assessment of proposals to the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),
and to the endorsement of the twenty-sixth session of COFI to convene the Panel for relevant
proposals to future CITES Conference of the Parties.
The objectives of the Panel were to:
- assess each proposal from a scientific perspective in accordance with the CITES biological listing criteria (Resolution Conf. 9.24 [Rev. CoP13]);
- 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 Panel considered the following seven proposals submitted to the CITES fourteenth
Conference of the Parties:
• CoP14 Prop. 15. Proposal to include Lamna nasus (porbeagle shark) on CITES
Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a).
• CoP14 Prop. 16. Proposal to include Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish) on CITES
Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a).
• CoP14 Prop. 17. Proposal to include all species of the family Pristidae (sawfishes) in Appendix I of CITES in accordance with Article II paragraph 1.
• CoP14 Prop. 18. Proposal to include Anguilla anguilla (European eel) on Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a).
• CoP14 Prop. 19. Proposal to include Pterapogon kauderni (Banggai cardinalfish) on
Appendix II in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a).
• CoP14 Prop. 20. Proposal to include the species of Panulirus argus and P. laevicauda of the Brazilian lobster population on Appendix II of CITES, in accordance with
Article II paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b).
• CoP14 Prop. 21. Proposal to include all species in the genus Corallium (red/pink
corals) in Appendix II of CITES in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a).
This report includes the assessment of each of the seven proposals by the Panel.
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