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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Side event to the Thirty-second meeting of the CITES Animals Commit
 tee: Strengthening institutional cooperation  for improving sustainability
  and legality findings in the fisheries sector
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Background\n\nInstitutional cooperation is fundamental for enha
 ncing the implementation of CITES in the fisheries sector. As more commerc
 ially exploited aquatic species (e.g. sharks\, rays\, sea cucumber and que
 en conch) are being included in the Appendix II of the Convention\, it is 
 crucial that national authorities designated as CITES Management Authority
 \, CITES Scientific Authority\, and those responsible for fisheries\, as w
 ell as customs\, enforcement\, port\, among others\, effectively communica
 te\, share information\, data\, and any relevant findings that can support
  Parties in meeting the Convention’s requirements.\n\nAt the internation
 al level\, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA
 O) has been collaborating with the CITES Secretariat\, the United Nations 
 Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Organization of Easte
 rn Caribbean Countries (OECS) to enhance comprehension of the interrelatio
 nship between CITES and fisheries legal regimes and build capacity for CIT
 ES-compliant trade.\n\nThis side event will share the latest findings from
  these partnerships\, as well as the experiences and lessons learned from 
 regions where FAO-CITES legal training workshops for the implementation of
  the Convention in the fisheries sector were carried out.\n\nSee below mat
 erials produced under or supported by these partnerships.\n&lt\;h4&gt\;Bac
 kground&lt\;/h4&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Institutional cooperation is fundamenta
 l for enhancing the implementation of CITES in the fisheries sector. As mo
 re commercially exploited aquatic species (e.g. sharks\, rays\, sea cucumb
 er and queen conch) are being included in the Appendix II of the Conventio
 n\, it is crucial that national authorities designated as CITES Management
  Authority\, CITES Scientific Authority\, and those responsible for fisher
 ies\, as well as customs\, enforcement\, port\, among others\, effectively
  communicate\, share information\, data\, and any relevant findings that c
 an support Parties in meeting the Convention’s requirements.&lt\;/p&gt\;
 \n\n&lt\;p&gt\;At the international level\, the Food and Agriculture Organ
 ization of the United Nations (FAO) has been collaborating with the CITES 
 Secretariat\, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCT
 AD) and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean Countries (OECS) to enhance 
 comprehension of the interrelationship between CITES and fisheries legal r
 egimes and build capacity for CITES-compliant trade.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p
 &gt\;This side event will share the latest findings from these partnership
 s\, as well as the experiences and lessons learned from regions where FAO-
 CITES legal training workshops for the implementation of the Convention in
  the fisheries sector were carried out.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;See belo
 w materials produced under or supported by these partnerships.&lt\;/p&gt\;
 \n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/side-event-th
 irty-second-meeting-cites-animals-committee-strengthening-institutional
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