Notifications to the Parties

No. 2000/054 Geneva, 31 August 2000

CONCERNING:

Control of operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes

(continuation)

1. This Notification is an addendum to Notification to the Parties No. 2000/010 of 31 January 2000.

2. Through Notification to the Parties No. 2000/043 of 31 July 2000, the Secretariat communicated information concerning operations in Singapore that had been included in the Register of operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes. The Secretariat is attaching herewith some modifications.

3. The attached information concerning operations in Senegal, Singapore and the United States of America has been included in the Register of operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes.

 

Register of operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes
(continuation)

Notes:

1. Specimens bred in operations listed in this Register may be entitled to the exemption provided by Article VII, paragraph 4, of the Convention.

2. Parties are invited to reject any document granted under Article VII, paragraph 4, of the Convention, if the specimens concerned do not originate from an operation listed in this Register or from a species which has not been declared as bred in captivity by a registered operation.

SENEGAL

Registration No.: A-SN-501

Mr Gérard Wartraux
Ferme de Djibelor
B.P. 148
ZIGUINCHOR

Date of establishment: 1995

Date of first export: 2000

Species bred: Crocodylus niloticus

Current stock: 507 (50 breeding animals; to be increased to 130, from own production)

Annual production: 300

Origin of stock: Wild (eggs collected 30 years ago), captive-bred F1 and F2

Type of products exported: Live specimens, skins, meat, trophies, viscera

Marking of specimens: In accordance with CITES provisions

Production of F2 offspring: Yes

SINGAPORE

Registration No.: A-SG-509
Owner's address:

Singapore Avi Research Pte Ltd
112 Middle Road, #02-03
Midland House
SINGAPORE 188970 Farm address:
Mandai Agrotechnology Park
MD3 MK13 Lorong Lada Hitam
SINGAPORE 760000

Date of establishment: 2 January 1995

Date of first export: 2000

Species bred: Cacatua moluccensis, Eos histrio

Current stock: 62 specimens

Annual production: 25 specimens

Origin of stock: Wild (acquired before 1990), captive-bred F1 and F2

Type of products exported: Live captive-bred specimens

Marking of specimens: Wild specimens: open rings on left or right leg, Captive-bred specimens: closed rings on the left leg

Production of F2 offspring: Yes

Registration No.: A-SG-511
Owner's address:

Yap Ah Siong
70 Thong Soon Green
SINGAPORE 787376

Farm address:

Wan Hu Fish Farm Trading
71 Jalan Lekar
Sungei Tengah
SINGAPORE 698950

Date of establishment: 1989

Date of first export: 2000

Species bred: Scleropages formosus

Current stock: 450
(30.9.99)

Annual production: 1,700 in 2000, increasing to 4,000 in 2003

Origin of stocks: Wild, captive-bred F1 and F2

Type of products exported: Live specimens

Marking of specimens: Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) (coded microchips) in the left dorsal muscle

Production of F2 offspring: Yes

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Registration No.: A-US-502

Mr Robert B. Berry
Rapid Creek Ranch and Nursery
100 Rapid Creek Road
SHERIDAN, WYOMING 82801

Date of establishment: 1978

Date of first export: 2000

Species bred: Falco rusticolus

Current stock: 16 breeding stock: 8M, 8F plus 10 additional stock: 4M, 6F

Annual production: 7-22

Origin of stock: Wild

Types of specimens exported: Live specimens

Marking of specimens: Seamless leg bands issued by US Fish and Wildlife Service

Production of F2 offspring: Yes