CITES shark- and ray-related events
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 11-13 February 2014 | Casablanca, Morocco | FAO/CITES Regional consultative workshop on sharks for Africa |
| 28 April – 3 May 2014 | Veracruz, Mexico | Twenty-seventh meeting of the Animals Committee |
| March-April 2014 | (to be confirmed) | FAO/CITES Regional consultative workshop on sharks for Latin America |
| 13-15 May 2014 | Xiamen, China | FAO/CITES Regional consultative workshop on sharks for Asia |
| 7-11 July 2014 | Geneva, Switzerland | Sixty-fifth meeting of the Standing Committee |
| Spring 2015 | (to be confirmed) | Twenty-eighth meeting of the Animals Committee |
| 31 August – 4 September 2015 | Geneva, Switzerland | Sixty-sixth meeting of the Standing Committee |
Governmental and intergovernmental shark- and ray-related events
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 3-6 September 2013 | San Salvador, El Salvador | U.S. Department of the Interior International Technical Assistance Program Workshop to Strengthen the Capacity of Authorities to Conduct CITES Non-Detriment Findings |
| 23-25 October 2013 | Bangkok, Thailand | Southeast Asia Fisheries Development and Education Center (SEAFDEC) Regional Workshop Data Collection Methodology for the Assessment of Shark Stock Status. |
| 29-30 October 2013 |
Cali, Colombia |
Comité Técnico Científico – CTC del Plan de Acción Regional – PAR para la Conservación y Manejo de Tiburones, Rayas y Quimeras en la Región del Pacifico Sudeste [Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS)] |
| 31 October – 2 November 2013 | Taller "Evaluación de Riesgos Poblacionales en Condrictios [Population Risk Assessment Workshop in Chondrichthyes] | |
| 4-8 November 2013 | Nairobi, Kenya | Second ICPO-INTERPOL Fisheries Crime Working Group meeting |
| 11-15 November 2013 | London, United Kingdom | North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) Annual Meeting |
| 18-25 November 2013 | Cape Town, South Africa | Twenty-third regular meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) |
| 24-28 November 2013 | Manta, Ecuador | First Congreso Latinoamericano de Rayas y Quimeras |
| 2-6 December 2013 | Cairns, Australia | Tenth regular session of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) |
| 2-6 December 2013 | Busan, Republic of Korea | Sixteenth meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Scientific Committee |
| 3-4 December 2013 | Recife, Brazil | Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Sharks Listed in Appendix II of CITES - Preparing for Implementation |
| 9-11 December 2013 | Wollongong, Australia | CITES Oceania Regional Workshop: Implementation of CoP16 Shark and Ray Appendix-II Listings |
| 9-13 December 2013 | Nambia | Tenth annual meeting of the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO) |
| 27-31 January 2014 | Manta, Ecuador | Second Commission Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) |
| 11-13 February | Casablanca, Morocco | FAO/CITES Regional consultative workshop on sharks for Africa |
| 19-21 February 2014 | San José, Costa Rica | Fourth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop |
| 24-28 February 2014 | Bergen, Norway | Fourteenth meeting of the FAO Committee on Fisheries Sub-Committee on Fish Trade (COFI-FT) |
| Early 2014 | Central America (to be confirmed) | Follow-up to the Workshop to Strengthen the Capacity of Authorities to Conduct CITES Non-Detriment Findings in Central America |
| 1-5 June 2014 | Sri Lanka | Eighteenth session of Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) |
| June 2014 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Meeting of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes |
| May – June 2014 | (to be confirmed) | Expert Workshop to Test Shark NDF Protocols (tbc) |
| 30 May – 12 June | Nova Scotia, Canada | North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Scientific Council |
| 9-13 June 2014 | Rome, Italy | Thirty-first session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries |
| 8 -14 June 2014 | Rome, Italy | Fifth meeting of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats’ Network (RSN-5) |
| July 2014 | Lima, Peru | 86th meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) |
| 6-14 August 2014 | Marshall Islands | 10th regular session of the Science Committee of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) |
| 22-26 September 2014 | Spain | Thirty-sixth annual meeting of the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) |
| 13-16 October 2014 | Auckland, New Zealand | Twenty-first annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) |
| 1-5 December 2014 | Apia, Samoa | Eleventh regular session of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) |
| 12-14 May 2015 | Islamic Republic of Iran | Eighth session of the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) |
Non-governmental shark- and ray-related events
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 21-24 October 2013 | Yemen | International Fund for Animal Welfare Workshop: Prevention of shark and other marine species trafficking training |
| 10 December 2013 | London, United Kingdom | Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology meeting on Sharp-toothed jaws and toothless laws: are we doing enough to protect sharks? |
| 9-13 December 2013 | Hurghada, Egypt | International Fund for Animal Welfare Workshop: Prevention of shark and other marine species trafficking training |
| 11-12 February 2014 | Nadji, Fiji | Pew Charitable Trusts/Coral Reef Alliance workshop on CITES implementation in the Oceanian region |
| 17-20 February 2014 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | International Fund for Animal Welfare Workshop: Prevention of shark and other marine species trafficking training |
| 2014 | (to be confirmed) | Additional Pew Charitable Trusts regional workshops |
| 22 March 2014 | Seattle, United States | Northeast Pacific Shark Symposium |
| 2014 | (to be confirmed) | Additional workshops run by the International Fund for Animal Welfare |
| 2-6 June 2014 | Durban, South Africa | Second Sharks International Symposium |
Note:
Certain dates and events remain to be confirmed.
The Secretariat would welcome any corrections or additions to the above lists.