Ecuador

Recommendation to suspend trade

Scope Compliance matter Link to notification Valid from
Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus longimanus, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna mokarran, Sphyrna zygaena, Alopias spp., Cetorhinus maximus, Carcharodon carcharias, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus paucus, Rhincodon typus, Mobula spp. Compliance and enforcement - Article XIII

Article XIII

Meeting document
SC77 Doc. 33.7

National legislation status

Category Progress summary Next steps Last update
2

Identified as priority Party by SC67. Legislation enacted but gaps have been identified by the Secretariat and need to be addressed. No answer to notification or emails on NLP in summer 2023. Full report on legislative framework and updated legislative calendar submitted at SC77. Analysis by Secretariat at SC77. Further update and full legislative analysis done by the Secretariat on 21 May 2024. 

Finlisation of implementing legislation and/or required amendments. Agreement between Ecuador and the Secretariat on revised legislative analysis, including for placement in Category 1. 

May 2024

Notifications

Date of issue Status Information Files

Valid

2024/133 - ECUADOR - Consultation with range States on a proposal to transfer Mobula rays and any other species of the family Mobulidae from Appendix II to Appendix I

Action required by 15 December 2024

Valid

2024/109 - ECUADOR - Lost CITES permit

Valid

2024/043 - APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XIII IN ECUADOR - Recommendation to suspend trade for commercial purposes in specimens of sharks and rays listed on CITES Appendix II before CoP 19 from Ecuador or with country-of-origin Ecuador

Valid

2023/063 - ECUADOR - Use of security stamps

Valid

2018/076 - ECUADOR – Galapagos giant tortoises stolen from breeding center

Annual reports

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Trade suspension