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.
Trgovanje s svilnatimi morskimi psi, tremi vrstami morskih psov mlatenja in devetimi vrstami mobul bo treba zdaj dokazati trajnostno, potem ko sta več kot dve tretjini od 182 vlad članic CITES na 17. konferenci pogodbenic (CoP17) v Johannesburgu, Južna Afrika, se je strinjala, da doda vrsto v Dodatek II.
Ti dodatni seznami podvojijo odstotek morskih psov, ogroženih zaradi trgovine s plavutmi, ki so zdaj urejeni v skladu z glavno svetovno konvencijo o ohranjanju divjih živali. Ta poteza daje tem vrstam priložnost, da si opomorejo od več kot 70-odstotnega upada populacije v celotnem območju njihovega razširjenosti, ki ga je povzročila predvsem svetovna trgovina s plavutmi in škržnimi ploščami.
"To glasovanje je velik korak k zagotavljanju preživetja teh večjih vrst morskih psov in raž, ki so zaradi vrednosti svojih plavuti in škrg še vedno v največji nevarnosti izumrtja," je dejal Luke Warwick, direktor globalne kampanje za ohranjanje morskih psov. pri The Pew Charitable Trusts. "Odgovorjeno je bilo na poziv rekordnega števila vlad, naj zaščitijo te vrste."
"Veselimo se nadaljnjega globalnega uspeha in usklajevanja, ko se seznami izvajajo," je dodal Warwick, "in pozdravljamo CITES kot vodilnega svetovnega zaščitnika morskih psov in raž."
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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