Paper on sustainable trade under CITES is a ‘Rising Star’
“A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES” won third place in Conservation Biology’s ‘Rising Star’ award competition.
New FCRR: Understanding the fishers to change the fishery in the bottom trawl industry in India
The report unravels the drivers and motivations that entice fishers and the fishery to start, engage in, and stop bottom trawling in India. Understanding the nuances within communities rather than viewing them as one entity is paramount for designing equitable policies. Moreover, the study highlights a pressing reality: fishers do not always want to fish and are sometimes forced to remain in the bottom trawl industry. Recognizing and addressing these insights are paramount in effectively constraining bottom trawling.
New FCRR: Implementation of CITES Appendix II listing for seahorses in the context of export bans and suspensions
Despite measures taken by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), most dried seahorse exports appear to have gone underground, and smuggling is now the norm. The report explores the many reasons driving this illegal trade and then identifies ways forward.
New Working Paper: A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES
This pragmatic geographic analysis provides managers in India with a tractable route towards regulating seahorse exports at sustainable levels.
New Fisheries Centre Research Report (FCRR)
Implementing CITES Appendix II listings for marine fishes: a novel framework and a constructive analysis
CITES makes a difference to the trade in live seahorses
Project Seahorse reports on the first quantitative analysis of how CITES has influenced the international trade in marine fishes.
Changes in the international trade in live seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) after their listing on CITES Appendix II
This new Fisheries Centre Research Report (FCRR) investigates the international live trade in seahorses.
CITES can – and should – improve its remedial process for countries that tolerate unsustainable trade
“We did this study because we want to see CITES be all it can be.”
FCRR – The catch and trade of seahorses in India pre-ban
This FCRR report documents the first seahorse trade surveys and analyses conducted by Project Seahorse in India, in 1999.
Despite export bans global seahorse trade continues
95% of dried seahorses in Hong Kong’s market were reported as being imported from source countries that had export bans in place.