CITES media releases and news items related to sharks
- 14 September 2013: CITES getting ready for sharks and rays
- 14 March 2013: CITES conference takes decisive action to halt decline of tropical timber, sharks, manta rays and a wide range of other plants and animals
- 15 March 2012: Leading scientists meet to discuss the criteria for listing sharks and other aquatic species
- 7 March 2012: CITES and FAO promote better understanding of the application and effectiveness of international regulatory measures for the conservation and sustainable use of sharks
- 1 February 2011: Secretary-General‘s remarks at the 29th session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Committee on Fisheries (COFI)
- 19 November 2010: Secretary-General addresses the participants in the 17th Special Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
- 25 March 2010: CITES conference ends without new sharks in its net
- 14 April 2008: Wildlife experts meet in Geneva to discuss the future of the South American cedar, mahogany, sharks, sturgeons and other species
Summary of outcomes from sharks-related meetings represented by CITES/FAO
- U.S. Department of the Interior International Technical Assistance Program Workshop to Strengthen the Capacity of Authorities to Conduct CITES Non-Detriment Findings, 3-6 September 2013
- Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Cener (SEAFDEC) regional workshop on data collection methodologies for the assessment of shark stock status, 23-25 October 2013
- 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)], 29-30 October 2013
- CITES Secretariat's statement at the 23rd regular meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) (Cape Town, South Africa, 18-25 November 2013)
CITES tools and references
- CITES-FAO joint leaflet: A brief introduction to the CITES listing of shark species
- CITES-FAO standard sharks PowerPoint presentations
- FAO, CITES, fisheries and aquaculture (
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) - CITES: an introduction (, )
- CITES and Sharks and Manta Rays (, )
- Newly listed sharks and manta rays: What should Parties do by 14 September 2014 - Sustainability (, )
- CITES Non-Detriment Findings (NDFs) and the Review of Significant Trade (, )
- Newly listed sharks and manta rays: What should Parties do by 14 Sept. 2014 - Traceability , )
- FAO, CITES, fisheries and aquaculture (
Identification materials on sharks
- FAO FishFinder (Species identification and data programme)
- Identifying shark fins: Oceanic whitetip, porbeagle and hammerheads, The Pew Environment Group; Pew Charitable Trusts
- Field guide to sharks of the Southeast Asian Region, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre(SEAFDEC), 2012.
- Field guide to look-alike sharks and rays species of the Southeast Asian Region, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC), 2013.
- Sharks and rays of Borneo, CSIRO marine and atmospheric research paper No.032, 2010
- Sharks and rays of Australia, CSIRO marine and atmospheric research paper No. 032, 2010
- Economically important sharks and rays Indonesia, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), 2006
- Identification guide of the main shark and rays species of the eastern tropical Atlantic, for the purpose of fishery observers and biologists, , IUCN SSG and la Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin (FIBA) (2006)