The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 3: March 1995
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International trade in sharks and shark products
In November 1994, at the initiative of the United States, the Parties
to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Fauna and Flora (CITES) adopted a resolution, "Trade of Sharks and
Shark Products," calling on Parties and international fisheries
organisations to improve the collection of data on shark fisheries and
trade for further discussion at the next Conference of the Parties
(COP10).
To assist these efforts, TRAFFIC, an international wildlife trade
monitoring program established by the World Conservation Union
(IUCN) and the Worldwide Fund For Nature (WWF), will undertake
an in-depth investigation of the global trade of sharks and shark
products. The objective of the project is to compile information from
field and market research needed to develop a comprehensive
understanding of the shark trade, its impacts on shark stocks, and
actions needed at the national and international levels to address the
unsustainable exploitation of shark fisheries. The TRAFFIC Network
study will be conducted in cooperation with the CITES Secretariat and
Animals Committee, IUCN, and other agencies and organisations.
The results of the 18-month study are scheduled to be released prior
to the discussion of shark trade at the Tenth Conference of the Parties
to CITES.
Call for information
TRAFFIC is currently calling for any available reports, news items, or
other information on international trade in sharks and shark products.
Contact Glenn Sant, TRAFFIC Oceania, P.O. Box R594, Royal
Exchange, Sydney N.S.W. 2000 Australia. Tel.: (+61) 2-2478133.
Fax: (+61) 2-2474579, or Andrea Gaski, TRAFFIC USA, 1250
Twenty-fourth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037 USA. Tel.:
(+1) 202-775-8287.
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