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.
Fefa'ataua'iga i malie sili, tolu ituaiga o sharks, ma le iva ituaiga o mobula ave i le taimi nei e tatau ona fa'amaonia le gafatia, pe a mae'a le sili atu i le lua vaetolu o le 182 sui o le CITES i le 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) i Johannesburg, Aferika i Saute, na malilie e faʻaopoopo le ituaiga i le Faʻaopoopoga II.
O lisi fa'aopoopo nei e fa'aluaina le pasene o malie o lo'o fa'amata'u i fefa'ataua'iga o apa'u lea ua fa'atulafonoina nei i lalo o le fono fa'asao manu a le lalolagi. O le gaioiga e maua ai le avanoa mo nei ituaiga e toe faʻaleleia mai le paʻu o le faitau aofaʻi e sili atu i le 70 pasene i lo latou lautele e mafua mai i fefaʻatauaʻiga i le lalolagi i fins ma gill plates.
"O lenei palota o se laasaga tele lea i le faʻamautinoaina o le ola o nei manulele lapopoa ma ave, lea o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona sili atu le lamatia o le faʻaumatia ona o le taua o latou apa ma gills," o le tala lea a Luke Warwick, le faʻatonu o le lalolagi faʻasao faʻasao. i le Pew Charitable Trusts. "O le valaau mai le numera-faamauina numera o malo e puipuia nei meaola ua taliina."
"Matou te tulimatai atu i le faʻaauauina o le manuia ma le faʻamaopoopoina o le lalolagi aʻo faʻatinoina lisi," o le faʻaopoopo mai lea a Warwick, "ma faʻamalo le CITES o le puipuiga sili i le lalolagi o malie ma ave."
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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