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June 2014

Capacity Assessments for the Implementation of New CITES listing of Sharks and Manta Rays Results of the FAO/CITES Regional Consultative Workshops. June 2014. Target countries. Range states of the species Significant shark catches and/or trade Developing countries. Approach.

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June 2014

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  1. Capacity Assessments for the Implementation of New CITES listing ofSharks and Manta RaysResults of the FAO/CITES Regional Consultative Workshops June 2014

  2. Target countries • Range states of the species • Significant shark catches and/or trade • Developing countries

  3. Approach

  4. FISHERIESNational waters High seasSmall scale Industrial BycatchTarget In general sharks represent less than 5% of the total marine catches Sharks and rays not reported at species level

  5. Catches Mauritania Senegal Gambia Guinea Liberia Ghana Nigeria DRC Mobulidae Sphyrnidae Namibia Rajiformes South Africa Elasmobranchii

  6. Catches Oceanic whitetip Mobulidae Sphyrnidae Rajiformes Other species in other colours Elasmobranchii

  7. TRADE Fins Meat Africa:Domestic and Export Asia:Domestic and Export Africa:Export Asia:Domestic and Export Other products in trade: Africa: Skin, oil, gill rakers • Asia: Skin, jaws, teeth, cartilage, gill rakers

  8. Shark fisheries management

  9. yes no * Norms prohibiting finning: implementation not clear in some cases (e.g. fin-to-body weight, etc.)

  10. yes no * Norms prohibiting finning (e.g. required landing of fins attached to body, 5% fin-body weight) ** NPOA yet to be adopted.

  11. Common main limitations • Limited information to support shark fisheries assessment and management (and NDF) • Weak MCS capacity leading to poor compliance with norms • Lack of effective shark management measures • Limited knowledge and expertise to identify products in trade • Lack of traceability mechanisms to verify the origin and legality of products in trade • Lack of coordinated networking and collaboration among agencies • Insufficient prolonged and targeted funding for the implementation of CITES requirements

  12. Roadmap (Africa) • Public information and outreach • Improve institutional arrangements for CITES implementation • Enforcement of compliance measures • Establish or strengthen management regime for shark fisheries • Establish or improve mechanisms and capacity for tracing shark products in trade • Supporting measures for fishers livelihoods

  13. Action plan (Asia) • Improvement of data collection • Strengthening national legislation, enforcement (MCS) and international cooperation • Strengthening conservation and management measures • Enhancing training and capacity building/human resource development (incl. identification of species in sharks and rays products) • Securing funding

  14. Thank you

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