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Three species of commercially exploited sea cucumbers are being proposed to be only traded internationally under special permit. The proposal, co-sponsored by Seychelles the European Union, Kenya, Senegal, and the U.S., will be considered at the 18th Conference of Parties (CoP18) of CITES in Geneva from Aug. 17 to 28. It intends to add Holothuria fuscogilva, H. nobilis and the endangered H. whitmaei to Appendix II of CITES.

Seychelles News Agency; December 27, 2017 by: Betymie Bonnelame

New measures will be put in place this year to regulate the collection of three types of commercial sea cucumber species in the waters of Seychelles.