CITES CoP 18 will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in May 2019.
The information below is from CITES CoP 17, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 September-04 October 2016.
CITES CoP 17 Information Documents | Resources
CITES CoP 17 Information Documents
The following four information documents are available in several languages, in pdf format.
Implementing Appendix II listings for marine fishes: important considerations when making non-detriment findings.
(English | French | Spanish)
Assisting Parties to meet their commitments: CITES Review of significant trade for Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.), a taxon traded in high volumes
(English | French | Spanish) [Please note that the French and Spanish versions are translations of the official CoP17 Inf. 53 (Rev. 1)]
Implementation of CITES Appendix II listings for marine fishes.
(English | French | Spanish)
Simple is good: moving toward pragmatic and effective monitoring to support CITES implementation for marine fishes and invertebrates on Appendix II
(English | French | Spanish)
Resources
The role of CITES in the conservation of marine fishes subject to international trade
CITES and Marine Fishes Think Tank
Non-detriment findings (NDF) advice for marine fishes in general
- Fishes Working Group report at the International Workshop on CITES Non-Detriment Findings (Cancun, Mexico, 2008)
- Fishes Working Group Reports
- A risk assessment framework for fisheries species, and application of the framework to fished shark species
- NDF Guidelines for Aquatic Species by the Fisheries Agency of Japan: AC28 Inf. 10
NDF frameworks / tools for specific marine fish taxa
Toolkits
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