The Pew Charitable Trusts today applauded the move by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to extend to four species of sharks and nine species of mobula rays the protections they need to recover from depleted populations.
Trgovina svilenim morskim psima, trima vrstama morskih pasa i devet vrsta raža mobula sada će se morati dokazati održivom, nakon što je više od dvije trećine od 182 vlade članice CITES-a na 17. Konferenciji stranaka (CoP17) u Johannesburgu, Južna Afrika, pristala je dodati vrstu u Dodatak II.
Ovi dodatni popisi udvostručuju postotak morskih pasa ugroženih trgovinom perajama koje su sada regulirane glavnom svjetskom konvencijom o očuvanju divljih životinja. Ovaj potez pruža šansu ovim vrstama da se oporave od smanjenja populacije za više od 70 posto u cijelom području njihova područja prouzročenog prvenstveno globalnom trgovinom perajama i škržnim pločama.
"Ovo glasovanje veliki je korak prema osiguravanju opstanka ovih većih vrsta morskih pasa i raža, koje su i dalje u najvećem riziku od izumiranja zbog vrijednosti svojih peraja i škrga", rekao je Luke Warwick, direktor globalne kampanje za očuvanje morskih pasa. u The Pew Charitable Trusts. "Odgovoreno je na poziv rekordnog broja vlada da zaštite ove vrste."
"Radujemo se kontinuiranom globalnom uspjehu i koordinaciji kako se popisi provode", dodao je Warwick, "i pozdravljamo CITES kao vodećeg svjetskog zaštitnika morskih pasa i raža."
The proposals to add these shark and ray species to Appendix II drew historic levels of support this year. More than 50 countries signed on as cosponsors for one or more of the proposed listings. In the lead-up to CoP17, regional workshops were held around the world, including in the Dominican Republic, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, which helped build massive backing for the new listings.
Implementation of the landmark 2013 shark and ray Appendix II listings, which for the first time allowed for regulation of five commercially traded shark species, has been heralded as widely successful. Governments around the world have hosted training workshops for customs and environment officials since the 2013 listings went into effect on best practices to create sustainable export limits and customs checks to prevent illegal trade.
“Governments have the blueprint to duplicate and even surpass the implementation successes of the 2013 shark and ray listings,” said Warwick. “We expect an enormous global response to engage and effectively enforce these latest protections, and look forward to the continued growth of a worldwide push towards shark and ray conservation.”
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