It identifies 102 medicinal plant species and 29 animal species as priorities for conservation, management or research. It also includes a wide range of general recommendations. It concludes that the harvest and trade in Europe's medicinal and aromatic plants is huge and could threaten populations of at least 150 species. This report, prepared by the Center for Marine Conservation, regards existing international agreements that may promote the conservation of sharks. The report analyses several existing international fisheries regimes, and identifies gaps in the conservation of sharks.
Gaps are of two general types - geographical and functional gaps.
A comparison of the range of key species of sharks with the jurisdiction of existing fisheries management regimes reveals large gaps in some areas. It highlights the fisheries, shark products in trade, and the processing, preparation and use of these products in domestic and international markets. It also discusses the management and conservation implications of this trade. This report presents the findings from investigations of sturgeon fisheries, and information from caviar importers in consuming countries, sturgeon specialists and fisheries agencies. The exploitation of Caspian sturgeons is assessed, as is Caspian caviar production, its regulation or lack thereof, and its impact upon the number of sturgeons remaining.