TITLE
Sharks and rays listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Dried products
AUTHOR(S)
Rima W. Jabado; D. L. Abercrombie
PUBLISHED
2024
ABSTRACT
This guide was created to enable wildlife inspectors and enforcement personnel to provisionally identify fins, rostra (family Pristidae, sawfishes), and gill plates derived from commercially traded shark and ray species listed in Appendix I and II of CITES. As of July 2024, there are 134 species of sharks (74 species) and rays (60 species) that are listed in CITES Appendices because they are found in the fin trade. Data collected at major trade hubs (e.g., Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [SAR]) indicate that fins derived from these species comprise over 70% of all fins traded. This guide focuses on providing information to allow the user to distinguish between the primary fins (i.e., first dorsal fin, pectoral fins, and caudal fins) originating from these CITES-listed species from those not listed on CITES (~500 species of sharks and rays that could also potentially be traded for their fins).
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