The Pew Charitable Trusts today applauded the move by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to extend to four species of sharks and nine species of mobula rays the protections they need to recover from depleted populations.
Kutengeserana mumashaki ane silky, mhando nhatu dzema thresher shark, nemhando pfumbamwe dzemobula rays iko zvino kuchafanirwa kuratidzwa kuti kwakasimba, mushure mezvinopfuura zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvehurumende dzenhengo dze182 CITES paMusangano wechigumi nenomwe weMapato (CoP17) muJohannesburg, South Africa, yakabvuma kuwedzera mhuka kuAppendix II.
Aya mamwe mazita anopeta kaviri chikamu cheshaki chiri kutyisidzirwa nekutengesa kwekupedzisira uko kwave kudzorwa pasi pegungano repasi rose rekuchengetedzwa kwemhuka. Kufamba uku kunopa mukana wezvipenyu izvi kuti zvidzoke kubva mukudzikira kwehuwandu hweanopfuura makumi manomwe muzana mukati merudzi rwazvo zvakakonzerwa nekutengeserana kwepasirese muzvimbi nemapuleti egill.
“Vhoti iyi idanho rakakura kwazvo rekuona kuti mhuka hombe dzeshaki nemaray idzi dziri kuramba dziri panjodzi huru yekutsakatika nekuda kwekukosha kwezvimbi nemashiri adzo,” akadaro Luke Warwick, mutungamiri wesangano repasi rose rekuchengetedza shark. paThe Pew Charitable Trusts. "Kufona kubva kunhamba-inoisa rekodhi yehurumende kuchengetedza mhuka idzi kwapindurwa."
"Tinotarisira kuenderera mberi nekubudirira uye kubatana pasi rose sezvo mazita acho ari kuitwa," akawedzera Warwick, "uye tinorumbidza CITES sedziviriri pasi rose kudzivirira shark nemwaranzi."
The proposals to add these shark and ray species to Appendix II drew historic levels of support this year. More than 50 countries signed on as cosponsors for one or more of the proposed listings. In the lead-up to CoP17, regional workshops were held around the world, including in the Dominican Republic, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, which helped build massive backing for the new listings.
Implementation of the landmark 2013 shark and ray Appendix II listings, which for the first time allowed for regulation of five commercially traded shark species, has been heralded as widely successful. Governments around the world have hosted training workshops for customs and environment officials since the 2013 listings went into effect on best practices to create sustainable export limits and customs checks to prevent illegal trade.
“Governments have the blueprint to duplicate and even surpass the implementation successes of the 2013 shark and ray listings,” said Warwick. “We expect an enormous global response to engage and effectively enforce these latest protections, and look forward to the continued growth of a worldwide push towards shark and ray conservation.”
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