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Download or read book Report of the FAO Workshop to Review the Application of CITES Criterion Annex 2 a B to Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species written by and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2011 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Workshop noted that the biological information provided by proposals to list commercially exploited aquatic species under CITES Appendix II was usually adequate. While the quantitative indicators provided by the proponents were mostly reliable, not all of them were used appropriately in the proposals (e.g. landings used as proxy for abundance). The Workshop also considered instances where the FAO Expert Advisory Panel was able to access additional information not included in the proposals and examples of data-poor species for which the FAO Expert Advisory Panel made flexible use of qualitative indicators. In conclusion, the FAO view that for both paragraphs of Annex 2 a the definitions, explanations and guidelines in Annex 5 of the Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP15) apply was endorsed by the Workshop.