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Foreword
This paper has not been prepared as a
contribution to the review of the CITES criteria for amendment of Appendices I
and II. It is published relative to the broad discussion surrounding the
potential listing of commercially-exploited marine resources and the related
potential conflict between CITES and the fisheries community, in which the
review of the criteria is playing a significant role. Nor was it prepared to
indicate that everything is fine in fisheries and that, therefore, there is no
need to list marine species in CITES appendices. Its purpose is to explain how
CITES works and how it would or could affect the fisheries community if such
resources would be included in CITES appendices without the agreement or support
of the latter. It is primarily directed to the representatives of the fisheries
community, whose knowledge of CITES is, in general, insufficient. It is hoped
that this paper would help them to act efficiently at all levels to achieve
their own objectives and to prevent measures they do not consider appropriate,
if not counterproductive, from being imposed upon them.
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