《濒危物种国际贸易公约》将于12月3日开会，讨论澳大利亚某些硬珊瑚物种的收集和出口。Cites Scientific Review Group（SRG）将在本周四告诉欧盟，该组织是否认为某些澳大利亚硬珊瑚的贸易是有害或对其在野外数量的不利程度的。如果他们发现这些物种的收集是不可持续的，那么欧洲可能会限制甚至禁止其进口，而英国（尽管现在不再是欧洲的一部分）可能会遵循。
”The EU Member States are currently concerned by the absence of a proper non-detriment finding for certain “rare” species of corals from Australia – notablyEuphyllia glabrescens，，，，e。ancoraandE.paraancora，，，，DuncanopsammiaandCatalaphyllia，，，，” an industry insider told Reef Builders.
“在此阶段，SRG已与澳大利亚当局联系，以获取有关这些物种当前状态的其他信息。这应该在目前从澳大利亚等待此事的响应中定义。由于澳大利亚人对此的反应没有可见性，欧洲引用团队无法预测某些有关物种是否可能考虑负面意见。”
Unraveling the jargon
因此，CITES正在等待他们从澳大利亚提供的信息，并且澳大利亚珊瑚产业（我们希望）会产生强大的数据，以表明该物种的收集是非涉及的。如果他们这样做，会议可以举行，可以形成积极的意见，所有人都会正常继续进行。惊慌。
But if (based on the data provided,) the SRG takes a negative opinion on those three LPS genera, they could be restricted or even banned from import into Europe and disappear from the European supply chain altogether. All three of the highlighted LPS coral genera are very popular with reef builders, but worse will be the impact on the Australian coral trade and the major European importers (and retailers,) for which wild Australian hard corals make up a large percentage of their income.
If data is not provided in time it won’t even get discussed next Thursday, and CITES clearly won’t be pressed on the likely outcome without the data in front of them. But it won’t go away either.
狂野的印尼珊瑚
SRG还正在研究印度尼西亚的珊瑚：“如果我们参考物种+网站（https://www.speciesplus.net），对印度尼西亚的许多物种采用了SRG的肯定意见，这些物种因马里养殖碎裂而碎裂。在此阶段，正在对其他被认为难以分裂的物种进行讨论。”
”In this respect, the CITES team does not expect to see any SRG negative opinion for any particular species in general, BUT, has mentioned that recommendation may be issued regarding species which are considered difficult to both fragment and for which an MEP would have to be made available together with information proving that fragmentation/mariculture is taking place. In this case, if such information cannot be provided, the corals would be then considered wild and thus imported on the basis of an appropriate non-detriment finding.”
Implications
因此，请阅读该行业，在印度尼西亚，该行业已经不同，因为它已经控制了马里灌业，已经研究过，并且SRG形成了最重要的“积极”意见。但是，将难以分裂和培养的LPS物种假定为野生收集，而不是培养，然后将调用同样的研究，并且相同的非境界，将需要形成积极的意见，以使其进口继续是允许进入欧洲。
Soft corals and most cultured Indo hard corals with the little CITES tags will be unaffected, but a negative opinion on large, fleshy, single polyp species which can’t prove they haven’t been wild-collected, could also mean restrictions.
An anxious time for importers and exporters, we asked Dominic Whitmee, Chief Executive of the Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association what OATA’s role was in this and if restrictions could also be adopted by CITES in the US:
”Ornamental Fish International (OFI,) has been coordinating information on this. OATA has offered assistance and is working with the EPO to get a better understanding of the issues. At the moment we have insufficient information to make a judgment on the status of these species. The UK’s Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is no longer engaged with the EU decision-making process but have stated they will follow SRG decisions, for the time being at least.”
“欧盟运营自己的制度来确定进口是否符合引用条件。在美国下一个警察之前，Cites不会做出决定，但各方可以对是否效仿或引入自己的限制做出自己的判断。”
