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Queen Conch ( Strombus gigas ): A CITES - Fisheries Success Story Nancy Daves NOAA Fisheries

Queen Conch ( Strombus gigas ): A CITES - Fisheries Success Story Nancy Daves NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs CFMC/OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM Working Group on Queen Conch Panama City, Panama, 23-25 October 2012. CITES Appendix II: Facts and Myths. CITES Appendix II is:

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Queen Conch ( Strombus gigas ): A CITES - Fisheries Success Story Nancy Daves NOAA Fisheries

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  1. Queen Conch (Strombusgigas): A CITES-Fisheries Success Story Nancy Daves NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs CFMC/OSPESCA/WECAFC/CRFM Working Group on Queen Conch Panama City, Panama, 23-25 October 2012

  2. CITES Appendix II: Facts and Myths • CITES Appendix II is: • NOT a list of species in which • international trade is prohibited. • CITES Appendix-II species may be traded internationally if accompanied by appropriate permits.

  3. CITES Appendix II: Facts and Myths • NOT a ban or boycott of trade. • CITES helps regulate and monitor • trade for species vulnerable to • overuse, and implements measures • to attain sustainable harvest and • legal trade.

  4. Appendix II: How it works • Before issuing an export permit for an Appendix II species, two findings must be made: • That the specimen was legally acquired; • That the export will not be detrimental to the species survival in the wild.

  5. Benefits of CITES • 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

  6. Fisheriesand CITES actions for queen conch 1991 - Workshop on Biology, Fisheries, Mariculture and Management of the Queen Conch Strombusgigas, Caracas, Venezuela – expresses concern about depletion of conch resource in the Caribbean 1991 – Strombusgigasincluded in Annex III of the theProtocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) 1992 - Strombusgigaslisted in Appendix II of CITES

  7. 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 (highlights concern about conch and spiny lobster) Fisheriesand CITES actions for queen conch

  8. 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 • Sub-regional meetings among Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti International Queen Conch Initiative andCITES

  9. International Queen Conch InitiativeandCITES • 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

  10. 2002-2003 - CITES conducts a review of Significant Trade for queen conch to determine if range states are making appropriate non-detriment findings • 21-24 January 2003 - Fisheries Enforcement Conference, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic – discussion of queen conch international trade and the sig trade process International Queen Conch Initiative and CITES

  11. 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 International Queen Conch Initiative and CITES

  12. 13-15 December 2005 - CITES workshop on Review of the Significant Trade Study on Strombusgigas – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic • 28-31 July 2008 – International Workshop for Improvement of Queen Conch Collaborative Management in the Western Caribbean – San Andrés, Colombia International Queen Conch Initiative and CITES

  13. International Queen Conch Initiative and CITES • 17-22 November 2008 – International Expert Workshop on CITES Non-Detriment Findings – Cancún , México • 22-24 May 2012 – Queen Conch Experts Workshop – Miami, FL

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