CITES and FAO join forces to conserve queen conch
- Increase understanding and capacity building among the WECAFC membership on methods to determine whether there would be a detrimental impact of the export of queen conch, and the delivery of associated capacity building tools;
- Create a final draft regional plan for the conservation and management of queen conch;
- Gain regional consensus on conversion factors of queen conch at different processing grades of meat and its derivates such as pearls, shells and opercula, which will standardize reporting on conch catches;
- Create reports to the CITES Animals Committee (for its meeting in March 2015), WECAFC/FAO. CRFM, CFMC, OSPESCA, SPAW, and queen conch range states.
Published September 29, 2014
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