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Notification to the Parties

No. 1999/54 Geneva, 30 July 1999

CONCERNING:

Control of operations breeding Appendix-I species in captivity
(continuation)

1. This Notification is an addendum to Notification to the Parties No. 940 of 4 September 1996. Earlier additions were provided through Notifications to the Parties No. 981 of 2 June 1997, No. 995 of 29 October 1997, No. 1007 of 19 December 1997, No. 1998/42 of 6 August 1998 and No. 1999/09 of 29 January 1999.

2. The Secretariat intends to include the attached information, concerning operations in Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the United Kingdom, in the Register of operations that breed specimens of species included in Appendix I in captivity for commercial purposes.

3. In accordance with the provisions of Resolution Conf. 8.15, paragraph g), the operations listed in the attachment to this Notification will be included in the Register 120 days after the date of this Notification unless the Secretariat receives an objection from a Party and such objection is not withdrawn within this time.

Register of operations that breed specimens of species

included in Appendix I in captivity for commercial purposes

Notes:

1. Specimens bred in operations listed in this Register may be entitled to the exemption provided by Article VII, paragraph 4, of the Convention.

2. Parties are invited to reject any document granted under Article VII, paragraph 4, of the Convention, if the specimens concerned do not originate from an operation listed in this Register and/or from a species which has not been declared as bred in captivity by a registered operation.

The following list indicates the species for which operations are included in the Register including the species mentioned in this Notification to the Parties, the countries in which these operations are located and, between brackets, the number of operations in each country.

Birds:

Anas laysanensis

Germany (1)

Aratinga guarouba

Philippines (1), United Kingdom (1)

Branta sandvicensis

Germany (1)

Falco jugger

Germany (1)

Falco peregrinus

Canada (9), Denmark (1), Germany (4), United Kingdom (1), United States (1)

Falco rusticolus

Canada (6), Denmark (1), Germany (3), United Kingdom (1) United States (1)

Psephotus chrysopterygius

Tragopan caboti

Canada (1)

Reptiles:

Alligator sinesis

China (1)

Crocodylus acutus

Colombia (2), Honduras (1)

Crocodylus morelettii

Mexico (1)

Crocodylus niloticus

Madagascar (1), Mauritania (1), Namibia (1)

Crocodylus porosus

Malaysia (3), Philippines (1), Singapore (4), Thailand (8)

Crocodylus rhombifer

Cuba (1)

Crocodylus siamensis

Singapore (1), Thailand (10), Cambodia (6)

Fishes:

Scleropages formosus

Indonesia (15), Malaysia (5), Singapore (3)

 

COLOMBIA

 

Registration No.:

A-CO-501

PIZANO S.A.
Diagonal 127A No. 23-76 Piso 6
Santafé de Bogotá

  

Date of establishment:

1987

Date of first export:

After registration

Species bred:

Crocodylus acutus

Stock in July 1998:

114 (28 males; 86 females)

Annual production:

570 hatchlings in 1998; 750 in 1999; to increase to 1,300 in 2003

Origin of stocks:

Few wild, rest F1 from own breeding and from zoos

Type of products exported:

skins, meat, souvenirs

Marking of specimens:

CITES tags

Production of F2 offspring:

Yes

Registration No.:

A-CO-502

Tropical Fauna, Ltda.
Vereda Guacamayas
Melgar-Tolima
Cra 20 No. 82-40, Of. 703
Santafé de Bogotá

 

Date of establishment:

1989

Date of first export:

After registration

Species bred:

Crocodylus acutus

Current stock:
(July 1999)

52 (20 wild; 32 F1) to be
increased to 100 (76 males; 24 females) in 2001 with F1 animals

Annual production:

250 hatchlings in 1999; to increase to 900 in 2003

Origin of stocks:

Wild, F1, other operations

Type of products exported:

Skins, meat, souvenirs

Marking of specimens:

CITES tags

Production of F2 offspring:

From 2001 onwards

INDONESIA

 

Registration No.:

A-ID-515

Pt. Sumatera Aquaprima Sentosa
Jl. Nangka No. 165 C
Penkanbaru, Riau

 

Date of establishment:

1998

Date of first export:

1999

Species bred:

Scleropages formosus

Current stock:
(July 1999)

2000 (mature specimens; F2)
2600 (subadult; F2)
748 (subadult; F3)

Annual production:

About 6,000 in the year 2000, increasing to 35,000 in the year 2002

Origin of stocks:

Sumatera Aquaprima (Registration no. A-ID-509)

Type of products exported:

Live specimens

Marking of specimens:

The exported specimens will be marked with coded microchips

Production of F2 offspring:

Yes, also F3

MALAYSIA

 

Registration No.:

A-MY-508

Kim Kang Aquaculture Trading
Mr Goh Siak Ngan
No. 5, Jalan flora 4,
Taman Flora, 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor

 

Date of establishment:

1996

Date of first export:

1999

Species bred:

Scleropages formosus

Current stock:
(July 1999)

228 gold
204 red
96 green

Annual production:

About 2,000 in 1999, to increase to 4,000 in later years

Origin of stocks:

Rainbow Aquaculture (Registration No. A-MY-504)

Type of products exported:

Live specimens

Marking of specimens:

Coded microchips

Production of F2 offspring:

Yes, even F3

THAILAND

 

Registration No.:

A-TH-512

Golden Crocodile Agriculture, Co., Ltd
Dr Panya Joungprapakorn
111, Moo 2, Tumbon Wangnamkiew
Amphur Kampaengsaen, Nakorn Pathom

 

Date of establishment:

1996

Date of first export:

1999

Species bred:

Crocodylus porosus, C. siamensis and their hybrids

Current stock:
(July 1999)

Crocodylus porosus: 200 breeders, 150 young
Crocodylus siamensis: 1,400 breeders, 2,340 young

Annual production:

More than 3,000 specimens

Origin of stocks:

The Samutprakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo Co., Ltd. (Registration No. A-TH-501) and Sriracha Farm (Registration No. A-TH-504)

Type of products exported:

Skins

Marking of specimens:

CITES tags

Production of F2 offspring:

Yes, even F5

UNITED KINGDOM

 

Registration No.:

A-GB-502

Hunting Falcons International
Dr N.C. Fox and Mrs B.I.M. Fox
P.O. Box 19
Carmarthen SA33 5YL
Wales

 

Date of establishment:

1982

Date of first export:

1984

Species bred:

Falco peregrinus
Falco rusticolus

Current stock:
(July 1999)

Falco peregrinus: 29
Falco rusticolus: 13

 

Hybrids: 80

Annual production:

160 in 2000

Origin of stocks:

Various breeding operations

Type of products exported:

Live specimens

Marking of specimens:

Closed rings; exported birds are also marked with microchips

Production of F2 offspring:

Yes