This technical workshop is organized in accordance with Decision 19.189 on Aquatic species listed in the CITES Appendices adopted by the Conference of the Parties to CITES at its 19th meeting (CoP19, Panama City, November 2022). The workshop will consider the application of Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP17) on Criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II and footnote 2 found in Annex 5 to that Resolution, with regards to relevant commercially exploited Elasmobranchii and other aquatic species.
More details are available in Notification to the Parties No. 2024/024. The registration deadline has passed and all participants have been confirmed. No further participants are being accepted.
Date and time
The workshop will be held on 23-24 April 2024 from 09:00 - 17:00. On-site registration for participants will open on 23 April at 08:00.
Location
The workshop will be held in-person at Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG) at Rue de Varembé 17, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Workshop documents
Provisional working programme (updated 17 April)
Provisional list of participants
Background document (Rev.) - Variability of life history parameters and productivity in elasmobranchs and other commercially exploited aquatic species
Document - Criteria for the amendment of Appendices I and II: Processes to date
Relevant documents
CoP19 Doc. 87.2 (ENG, FRA, SPA)
Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP17) on Criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II (ENG, FRA, SPA)
Presentations/statements
Presentation on Processes to date on criteria for the amendment of Appendices and II
Presentation on document CoP19 Doc. 87.2 - Senegal
Presentation on background document (Variability of life history parameters and productivity in elasmobranchs and other commercially exploited aquatic species)
In-session document
Outcomes
Observations and recommendations (Rev. 1)
Additional resources
Second technical consultation on the suitability of the CITES criteria for listing commercially exploited aquatic species:
- A background analysis and framework for evaluating the status of commercially-exploited aquatic species in a CITES context
- Report of the second technical consultation on the suitability of the CITES criteria for listing commercially exploited aquatic species
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