- Selected for Review of Significant Trade at the 10th meeting of the Animals Committee (AC10, Beijing, 1994)
- Information on the first round of Significant Trade can be found on CITES Significant Trade database: http://sigtrade.cites.org/
- At its 41st meeting the Standing Committee (SC41, Geneva, 1999)decided that Parties should not accept export permits for specimens of Strombus gigas from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Mexico, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago (see SC 41 Doc. 9)
- Notification No. 1999/20 issued: Trade suspensions remain for Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago
- Notification No. 2001/43 issued: Trade suspensions remain for Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago
- Notification No. 2001/56 issued: Trade suspensions remain for Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago
- At the 46th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC46, Geneva, 2002), Saint Lucia provided a response to the recommendations (see SC46 Doc. 16.2 and its Annex) and it was decided to remove the suspension.
- Notification No. 2002/021 issued: Trade suspensions remain for Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago