CoP15 Prop. 18 CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA

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• Subjects: Pacific; Alaska; Squalus acanthias
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Annex 2a A: It is known, or can be inferred or projected, that the regulation of trade in the species is necessary to avoid it becoming eligible for inclusion in Appendix I in the near future. With the possible exception of the Northeast Pacific (Alaska to California) coastal stock, all northern hemisphere stocks qualify under this criterion. Their marked decline in population size (to <10–30 % of historic baseline) and/or rapid recent rates of decline meet CITES and FAO guidelines for the application of decline to commercially exploited aquatic species. Annex 2a B: It is known, or can be inferred or projected, that regulation of trade in the species is required to ensure that the harvest of specimens from the wild is not reducing the wild population to a level at which its survival might be threatened by continued harvesting or other influences. Squalus acanthias fisheries are largely unmanaged and/or poorly monitored in several other parts of its range, where inter-national trade demand for its high value meat is likely to increase as a result of the closure of EU fisheries. Based on the past fisheries ' development it can be projected that stocks not meeting the criterion A may experience similar decreases within the next decade, unless trade regulation through CITES provides an incentive to introduce sustainable management or to improve existing monitoring and management measures in order to provide a basis for non-detriment findings and legal findings.