Draft Proposal to list Lamna nasus in Appendix II- prepared by Germany in January 2012
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. North and Southwest Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of Lamna nasus qualify for listing under this criteri...
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| Summary: | 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. North and Southwest Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of Lamna nasus qualify for listing under this criterion, because their marked decline in population size meets CITES ’ guidelines for the application of decline to commercially exploited aquatic species. The largest global stocks of this low productivity shark have experienced historical extent of declines to <30 % of historic baseline as a result of unsustainable target and bycatch fisheries driven largely or partly by international trade demand for its high value meat. These stocks are now under management in some EEZs, but the greatest continuing threat to this species is the unsustainable harvesting elsewhere that supplies international trade in meat and fins. 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. Based on past fisheries ' development to meet international trade demand, including shifting of effort from Northeast to Northwest Atlantic stocks, and a rapid recent rate of decline in catch per unit effort data for some southern stocks, it can be projected that other southern hemisphere populations for which stock assessments |
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