Regional Technical Consultation (RTC) on the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Common Position on the Proposed Listing of Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species into the CITES Appendices

16–18 September 2025, Bangkok, Thailand. Please find the meeting documents below.

Files Document Name Uploaded Updated
INFORMATION PAPERS
INF01 Information Note for Participants 25 Aug
INF02 List of Documents 21 Aug
INF03 List of Participants 24 Sep
WORKING PAPERS
WP01 Provisional Prospectus 21 Aug
WP01.1 Provisional Agenda and Timetable 25 Aug
WP02 Summary of Questionnaire Information of the Proposal to List Aquatic Animals to the CITES Appendices at CITES-CoP20
REFERENCE PAPERS
REF01 FAO Legal Guide-Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) through national fisheries legal frameworks: a study and a guide
(Source: http://www.fao.org/3/cb1906en/CB1906EN.pdf)
25 Aug
REF02 CITES Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP17)-Criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II 25 Aug
CITES-COP20: Provisional list of proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II as received 1 July 2025 (Source: https://cites.org/eng/cop/20/amendment-proposals)
REF03.1 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) 25 Aug
REF03.2 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of School Shark (Galeorhinus galeus), Patagonian Narrownose Smoothhound (Mustelus schmitti), Common Smoothhound (Mustelus mustelus) 25 Aug
REF03.3 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Manta and Devil Rays (Monogeneric Family Mobulidae) 25 Aug
REF03.4 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) 25 Aug
REF03.5 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Giant Guitarfish (Glaucostegus spp.) 25 Aug
REF03.6 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Wedgefish (Family Rhinidae) 25 Aug
REF03.7 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Dwarf Gulper Shark (Centrophorus atromarginatus), Gulper Shark (Centrophorus granulosus) 25 Aug
REF03.8 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Anguilla japonica and Anguilla rostrata 25 Aug
REF03.9 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Actinopyga echinites, A. mauritiana, A. miliaris, and A. varians 25 Aug
REF03.10 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of Holothuria lessoni 25 Aug
REF03.11 CITES-COP20: Consideration of Proposals for Amendment of Appendices I and II of South African abalone (Haliotis midae) 25 Aug
REF04 Report of Eighth FAO Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I And II of CITES Concerning Commercially-Exploited Aquatic Species, Bangkok, 7–11 July 2025, and Rome, 21–25 July 2025 25 Aug
REF05 Confidence Intervals for Extinction Risk: Validating Population Viability Analysis with Limited Data. Hatoyama, H. (2025). (Cite: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.09965) 15 Sep