Transcript International Queen Conch Initiative and CITES

Queen Conch (Strombus gigas):
A CITES-Fisheries Success Story
Nancy K. Daves
NOAA Fisheries
Office of International Affairs
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
Santa Marta, Colombia
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CITES Basics
• Appendix I: species threatened with extinction;
• no commercial international trade
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CITES Basics
• Appendix II: species vulnerable to
overexploitation, but not at risk of extinction;
• regulated trade allowed with export permits
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CITES Appendix II:
How it works
Before issuing an export permit for an Appendix II
species, two findings must be made:
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That the specimen was legally acquired;
• That the export will not be detrimental to the
species survival in the wild.
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CITES Appendix II:
Facts and Myths
CITES Appendix II is:
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NOT a list of species in which
international trade is prohibited.
CITES Appendix-II species may be traded
internationally if accompanied by appropriate
permits. It helps regulate and monitor
trade for species vulnerable to overuse
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Benefits of CITES
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Establishes an international legal framework to
regulate international trade and prevent
overexploitation
• Most thorough source of information on wildlife
trade
• Import and export countries share responsibility
to ensure trade is sustainable
• Promotes projects to assess population status of
species in trade and effect of international trade
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US Imports by Country (kg)
1,200,000
1,000,000
Bahamas
Colombia
Dominican Rep.
Honduras
Nicaragua
Turks & Caicos
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Imports into France and territories
Volume of Queen
Origin
Conch flesh from Cuba (kg) Jamaica
imports (kg)
(kg)
2008
377 747
3 005
374 742
2009
396 351
396 742
2010
382 090
382 090
2011
382 797
382 797
Fisheries and CITES actions
for queen conch
• 1991 - Workshop on Biology, Fisheries,
Mariculture and Management of the Queen
Conch Strombus gigas, Caracas, Venezuela –
expresses concern about depletion of conch
resource in the Caribbean
• 1991 – Strombus gigas included in Annex III of
the the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected
Areas and Wildlife (SPAW)
• 1992 - Strombus gigas listed in Appendix II of
CITES
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Fisheries and CITES actions
for queen conch
• 1994 - CITES decision to conduct first
significant trade study of queen conch
• 1996 - 1st International Queen Conch
Initiative (IQCI) Conference, San Juan, Puerto
Rico - Declaration adopted
• 1997 - Regional Forum on Fisheries in the
Caribbean - San Andrés, Colombia
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• 1997 - IQCI Workshop - San José, Costa Rica
• 1998 - IQCI meeting - Juan Dolio, Dominican
Republic
• 1999 - Queen Conch Stock Assessment and
Management Workshop, Belize City, Belize
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• 2001 - 2nd IQCI Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic (decision to ask CITES to re-open review)
• 2001 - Hanoi, Viet Nam - CITES decision to
conduct another review of Significant Trade in
queen conch
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• 2002-2003 - CITES conducts a review of
Significant Trade for queen conch to determine if
range states are making appropriate nondetriment findings
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21-24 January 2003 - Fisheries Enforcement
Conference, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic –
discussion of queen conch international trade
and the sig trade process
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• 11-12 June 2003 - IQCI-CITES Workshop to
review the Significant Trade report and solicit
comments - Montego Bay, Jamaica
• September 2003 - CITES Standing Committee
issues recommendations to suspend trade with
some countries trading in queen conch based on
the review of significant trade
• 14-18 November 2005 - GCFI/IQCI Joint
technical workshop on queen conch and spiny
lobster
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13-15 December 2005 - CITES workshop on
Review of the Significant Trade Study on
Strombus gigas – Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic
• 28-31 July 2008 – International Workshop for
Improvement of Queen Conch Collaborative
Management in the Western Caribbean – San
Andrés, Colombia
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• 17-22 November 2008 – International Expert
Workshop on CITES Non-Detriment Findings –
Cancún , México
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22-24 May 2012 – Queen Conch
Experts Workshop – Miami, FL
Made recommendations on data collection, and
management measures, such as stock assessment,
ecosystem management, precautionary controls,
enforcement and compliance and CITES;
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• 23-25 October 2012 – CFMC/OSPESCA/
WECAFC/CRFM Working group on Queen
Conch – Panamá City, Panamá
Endorsed recommendations of the Expert Working Group;
Countries and organizations of the Wider Caribbean Region
re-committed their support for sustainable and legal
harvest and trade of queen conch, including
development of a regional plan for the species;
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Other CFMC/OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM Working
group recommendations:
•Urged discussion of the Working Group recommendations
at the next CITES Conference of the Parties under the
agenda item submitted by Colombia
•Encouraged the increased awareness of Safety-at-Sea
issues and alternatives to compressed air diving for queen
conch.
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www.strombusgigas.com
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