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.
Ciniki cikin sharks na siliki, nau'ikan kifin shark guda uku, da nau'ikan hasken mobula tara a yanzu dole ne a tabbatar da su mai dorewa, bayan fiye da kashi biyu bisa uku na gwamnatocin membobin CITES 182 a taron 17th na Jam'iyyun (CoP17) a Johannesburg. Afirka ta Kudu, ta amince da ƙara jinsin zuwa shafi na II.
Waɗannan ƙarin jerin jeri sun ninka adadin sharks da ke barazana ga cinikin fin da aka tsara a yanzu ƙarƙashin babban taron kiyaye namun daji na duniya. Wannan yunƙurin ya ba da dama ga waɗannan nau'o'in su murmure daga raguwar yawan jama'a fiye da kashi 70 cikin XNUMX a ko'ina cikin kewayon su wanda ya haifar da kasuwancin duniya na fins da faranti.
"Wannan kuri'ar wani babban mataki ne na tabbatar da wanzuwar wadannan manyan nau'in kifin shark da ray, wadanda ke ci gaba da fuskantar hadarin bacewa saboda kimar finsu da giginsu," in ji Luke Warwick, darektan kamfen na kare shark na duniya. a The Pew Charitable Trusts. "An amsa kiran da aka yi daga rikodin rikodin adadin gwamnatoci don kare waɗannan nau'in."
Warwick ya kara da cewa, "Muna fatan ci gaba da samun nasara da hadin kai a duniya yayin da ake aiwatar da jerin sunayen," kuma muna yaba wa CITES a matsayin babbar mai kare kifin sharks da haskoki a duniya."
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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