Report of the Second FAO Ad Hoc Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II of CITES Concerning Commercially-exploited Aquatic Species

Considers seven proposals for inclusion of species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Appendix II: Lamna nasus (porbeagle shark); Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish); all species in family Pristidae (sawfishes); Anguilla anguilla (European eel); Pterapogon kauderni (Banggai cardinalfish); and Panulirus argus and P. laevicauda of the Brazilian lobster population genus Corallium (red/pink corals). The objectives of the Panel were to: assess each proposal from a scientific perspective in accordance with the CITES biological listing criteria (Resolution Conf. 9.24 [Rev. CoP13]); and comment, as appropriate, on technical aspects of the proposal in relation to biology, ecology, trade and management issues, as well as, to the extent possible, the likely effectiveness for conservation.