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WCC 2012 Res 030 - Activity Report

Submitted by saikiaa on Tue, 06/21/2016 - 04:16
General Information
The conservation of Asian horseshoe crabs
IUCN Constituent: 
Asia Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2016
Geographic scope: 
South and East Asia
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Nature Society (Singapore) / Singapore
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016 (SSC)
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescription
Scientific/technical activitiesIUCN SSC Horseshoe Specialist Group is currently revising the IUCN Red List Assessment for the three Asian species of horseshoe crab, (Tachypleus tridentatus, Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda) which are currently listed as Data Deficient.
Scientific/technical activitiesThe IUCN SSC Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group has made an important intervention that has led to an import ban on Asian horseshoe crabs destined to be bait in the USA in 2013.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Based on available evidence, the Specialist Group believe that many populations of Asian horseshoe crabs have experienced serious declines and any incentive to export horseshoe crabs to the USA could lead to further population declines.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingThe IUCN SSC specialist group will continue to work on bringing range States together to work on conservation of the Asian Horseshoe crab