CITES CoP 17 decided to investigate whether it is sustainable trade also for non-listed eel species (Dec 17.186-189). The Japanese eel is a non-listed species, however the catch have been drastically decreasing,and Japan imports glass eels for aquaculture. “News report on the catch of glass eels and its import” Yasuhiro SANADA Original(Japanese) http://y-sanada.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2018-04-07
Joint Statement NGOs call on Japanese Government to: Comply with CITES and Stop Distributing Sei Whale Meat At the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in October 2017, the Japanese government was questioned about the legality of bringing specimens of sei whale from the sea (“introduction from the sea” defined by CITES). Japanese NGOs urged the Japanese government to comply with CITES and stop distributing sei whale meat.
JWCS has registered its activities in “Nijumaru Project” by IUCN Japan Committee aiming at achieving Biodiversity Aichi target. At “Partners meeting the 3ed” held at Kokugakuin university (Shibuya, Tokyo) on February 17th and 18th, 2018, JWCS posted a poster of “endanger species” of the target 12.
