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Dear colleagues We had a very good holothurian CITES meeting in Kuala Lumpur in 2004, with results published by NOAA Bruckner et al. with discussions on the pro-and con CITES arguments. In nearly 20 years the knowledge has been increasing, but the overexploitation also. After a few recent discussions and taking into account that the teatfish is a group of species sharing the CITES needs: overexploitation, high value of products, products easy to distinguish (not the case for other species..!), we have thought that proposing them in Annex II would be a good start for a better conservation. At MNHN the french CITES scientists have prepared the project in this direction, project now circulating inside EU. I think that if many countries join this idea, it could be much better accepted and usefull than listing all holothurians. I also think that Annex II does not slow down research too much; the example of Isostichopus fuscus on the annex II since long, has not stopped the research. Best regards Chantal Conand 2018-05-05 15:08 GMT+02:00 Paulay,Gustav <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi All, > > > > This is pretty scary and will lead to a major slowdown in research on sea > cucumbers. This happened with corals when they went on CITES; talk to any > coral taxonomists. I wonder if the listing could be taxonomically targeted > so as not to impact everything? I am quite appreciative of the resource > issues here and am very pro-management, but the collateral damage to > science with such a CITES listing will be huge. I used to work on corals… > Maybe my days as a holothuroid taxonomists are numbered… > > > > Cheers - Gustav > > > > *From:* flmnh-aspidolist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On > Behalf Of *Friedman, Kim (FIAF) > *Sent:* Friday, May 4, 2018 3:23 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Sea Cucumbers - Governance - CITES > > > > *FYI* > > *Forum Economic Ministers Meeting – 26 April 2018, Palau* > > Cameron Diver, Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community: > > > > *“Statistics and data are also fundamental as means to inform sustainable > management of economically important resources. An illustration in coastal > fisheries is the Sea cucumber/Beche-de-mer fishery in the region which is > traded internationally. Sea cucumber is the second most valued resource in > the region after tuna fisheries and helps drive government revenue together > with rural and community economic development. But it is one of the most > corrupt fisheries in the region as a result of poor governance systems. For > example, in MSG countries, we estimate that benefits could be as high as > US$30 – 45 million per annum, when countries are only making an average > earning of US$14 million”* > > *“The improvement of the both the amount and regularity of the income that > communities can derive from the sea cucumber would be a major win. Given > the level of corruption and undue interference in the sea cucumber fishery > it is unfortunately very likely that all sea cucumber species will be > proposed for listing under Appendix II of the CITES”* > > > > Full speech: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.spc.int_blog_forum-2Deconomic-2Dministers-2Dmeeting-2D26-2D&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=k6Mya__X0Coi2S1x8pBiCXi8ahXS7dQR3vXBN-FZz2M&m=Lvji9zjbnjPmpMyekNVhUspYKw5OXS-Fp6aSuNOyTT0&s=t7srk5UuuQTPCHklZ0G3c5MQWEULFIFjEM_eTx-dBqY&e= > april-2018-koror-palau/ > > > > Yours, > > Kim > > > > Kim Friedman > > Senior Fishery Resources Officer > > _________________________________________________ > > *F602, **Fisheries and Aquaculture Department * > > *Marine and Inland Fisheries Branch* > > *Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) * > > *Vialle delle Terme di Caracalla* > > *00153 Rome, Italy * > > *Tel: +39 06 570 56510* > > *Skype: kim.j.friedman* > > *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> > > *Profile@GoogleScholar* > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__scholar.google.com.au_citations-3Fuser-3DKlkSJHwAAAAJ&d=DwMFAg&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=k6Mya__X0Coi2S1x8pBiCXi8ahXS7dQR3vXBN-FZz2M&m=rBF8Y5tlG16S0BtdVgY_ipHkMXmU4nFRMf8h42bxBY4&s=fW7XyMC9EbNLl2CbMmYCee4tq8YPYxpggdNTGMjV7eA&e=> > > *www.fao.org* > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fao.org_fishery&d=DwMFAg&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=k6Mya__X0Coi2S1x8pBiCXi8ahXS7dQR3vXBN-FZz2M&m=rBF8Y5tlG16S0BtdVgY_ipHkMXmU4nFRMf8h42bxBY4&s=zXnLuvCGHJsVJJCSyJGVNiwGWYKJFAUVt4BuPHeqPog&e=> > > [image: cid:[log in to unmask]] > -- Chantal Conand