濒危物种国际贸易公约将于12月3日举行会议，讨论澳大利亚某些硬珊瑚物种的收集和出口。CITES科学审查小组（SRG）将于本周四告诉欧洲联盟，如果它认为一些澳大利亚硬珊瑚的贸易对其野外的数量有害或不损害。如果他们发现这些物种的收集是不可持续的，欧洲可能会限制甚至禁止他们的进口，而英国（虽然现在不再是欧洲的一部分）。
“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.那E.。ancora.andE.Paraancora.那DuncanopsammiaandCatalaphyllia那” an industry insider told Reef Builders.
“在这个阶段，SRG联系了澳大利亚当局，以获得有关这些物种目前地位的一些额外信息。这应该在目前从澳大利亚等待澳大利亚的回复时界定。由于这种澳大利亚对此的可见性，欧洲引用团队无法预测一些有关物种可能会考虑负面意见。“
Unraveling the jargon
因此，CITES正在等待澳大利亚所需的信息，澳大利亚珊瑚行业将产生强大的数据，以表明突出的物种的收集是非损害的。如果他们这样做，会议可以发生，可以形成积极的意见，所有人都将继续正常。恐慌。
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.
野生印度尼西亚珊瑚
SRG也在印度尼西亚研究珊瑚：“如果我们参考物种+网站（https://www.speciesplus.net），已采用SRG积极的意见，从印度尼西亚采用来自海水养殖的碎片珊瑚的许多物种。在这个阶段，讨论是在被认为难以碎片的其他物种上进行的。“
“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
如此阅读，该行业在印度尼西亚的不同，因为它已经受到了受控的养殖，已经看过，它已经看过，并且全部重要的“积极”意见是由SRG组成的。但难以碎片和文化的LPS物种将被认为是野生收集的，而不是培养，然后将被称为同样的研究，并且需要形成同样的非损害，需要形成积极的意见，以继续成为他们的进口允许进入欧洲。
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.”
“欧盟经营自己的制度，以确定进口是否符合引用条件。引用不会作出决定（在美国，），直到下一个警察，但各方可以对自己遵循诉讼或介绍自己的限制。“
