Parties must ensure that specimens in trade have been legally acquired, through monitoring and compliance with applicable laws, (sub)regional fishery management measures, etc.
National laws regulating CITES-listed sharks [CITES Decision 16.128, paragraph a)]
- Notification to the Parties requesting Parties to provide a summary of their domestic laws and regulations that prohibit or regulate the landing of sharks or trade in shark specimens, together with copies of or links to these instruments [notification to be sent out shortly]
- List of national laws and regulations
Regional Fishery Management Organization (RFMO) measures for shark conservation and management [CITES Decision 16.128, paragraph b)]
Summary of RFMO measures as at March 2014 (PDF, English only) 
(final interactive version to be hosted by FAO)
- Clarke, S., et al. Issues for t-RFMOs in relation to the listingof shark and ray species by CITES with particular reference to the IOTC. (PDF, English) Submitted to the IOTC 10th meeting of the working party on ecosystems and bycatch (October, 2014). IOTC-2014-WPEB10-12
- Clarke, S., et al. Issues for t-RFMOs in relation to the listing of shark and ray species by CITES. (PDF, English) Submitted to the WCPFC Scientific Committee 10th regular session (August 2014), WCPFC-SC10-2014/EB-IP-05.
- International Seafood Sustainability Foundation database - covers tuna RFMOs (IATTC/ICCAT/IOTC/WCPFC)
- FAO Web portal on Regional Fishery Bodies (RFBs)
- NOAA 20123 Shark Finning Report to Congress - see Chapter 4. International Efforts to Advance the Goals of the Shark Finning Prohibition Act (pages 36-45)
- Pew Charitable Trusts - Improving Global Sharks Conservation: The need for engagement both by CITES and RFMOs
Introduction from the sea (IFS)
- CITES PowerPoint presentation on Introduction from the sea