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From reefs to restaurants; live
reef food fish trade in Asia, the
role of importing countries
Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson
University of Hong Kong
IUCN Groupers & Wrasses Specialist Group
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Live Reef Food Fish Trade (LRFFT)
moves into and through Hong Kong: involves
groupers and wrasses destined to be luxury
seafood. Most species are wild-caught
Patrick L. Colin
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CITES APP II
Threatened-IUCN
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/2000s
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Complex trade chain
with few controls and
poor understanding
of resource status,
trade volumes/values
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Catches from thousands of fisherman
consolidated through few traders
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Issues
• High demand/value and biological characteristics
of species have led to unsustainable fishing
levels
• Consolidation (within and between countries)
obscures low natural densities/serial declines
• High prices/profits, especially downstream,
strong incentive for traders/importers
• Considerable illegal, unmonitored and
unregulated (IUU) trade in both source and
destination countries
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Tens of thousands of FISHERS
Millions of CONSUMERS
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Tens of thousands of FISHERS
Hundreds of ……………
• Retailers/Distributors• Investors• Buyers/Exporters • Traders• Government
Millions of CONSUMERS
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Opportunities: import side
• Monitoring imports and addressing IUU
(especially for CITES-listed species)
• Government policy on sustainable seafood
and wildlife trade/crime (e.g. govt.
sourcing/wildlife crime/enforcement)…………
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Opportunities: import side
• ………..Corporate Social Responsibility
initiatives (traders/transporters)
• Understanding trade flows/investigations in
major import centres
• Facebook and education campaigns
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Monitoring trade and addressing IUU
From vessel-tracking to checking on-line sales
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Monitoring trade and addressing IUU
e.g. CITES-listed speciesNapoleon or Humphead wrasse
From vessel-tracking to checking on-line sales
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Countries, i.e. Indonesia, Philippines,
Malaysia
Hainan
Land Air Sea
Hong KongGuangzhou &
Shenzhen
Guangzhou
Beijing
ShanghaiHangzhou
Fujian
MongoliaXinjiang Chengdu
Fuzhou
Tai Yuan (Shanxi)
Guangzhou
Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Beijing Wenzhou
ShanghaiHangzhou
Fuzhou
Hainan
Hainan
Xiamen
Minor
Unknown sources
Unknown
China HHW -- Baseline survey on trade in live
reef food fish in mainland China (WWF & China Aquatic Products
Processing and Marketing Alliance unpubl. data)
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Understanding trade flows; investigations
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Month & Year
75-8565-7555-6545-5535-4525-35
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Corporate Social Responsibilityinitiatives
Options for inspection window in cover of hard carrier
Bonus: could help replace polystyrene boxes
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Facebook and education campaigns
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Thank you!
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