The humphead wrasse was added to CITES Appendix II.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CITES official documents, IISD reporting, FAO circulars, and peer-reviewed journals, all consistently citing the October 2004 CoP13 listing decision.
Sources
- Humphead Wrasses | MarineBio (marinebio.org)
- https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/com/ac/22/EFS-AC22-Inf05.pdf (cites.org)
- https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/25/E25-10.pdf (cites.org)
- https://enb.iisd.org/events/15th-meeting-cites-conference-parties-cop15/summary-report-13-25-march-2010 (enb.iisd.org)
- https://www.fao.org/4/i1707e/i1707e00.pdf (fao.org)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/26/2014-23034/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-notice-of-12-month-finding-on-a-petition-to-list-the (federalregister.gov)
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