A. Species
Scientific name: Mobula japonica
Common name(s): Spinetail devil ray
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- New Zealand
- Pacific - southwest
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: New Zealand
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2010
End Year: 2017
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal and Non-Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene and Not caught intentionally in NZ - By-catch only, which is returned to the sea, i.e., cannot be landed legally.
Motivation of use: Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: National / local private sector and International private sector
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: CITES NDF Report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Fishing spinetail devil rays is illegal in New Zealand because of concerns for regional unsustainability set against a backdrop of global over-fishing for this species.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Continue legal prohibition of fishing for spinetail devil rays in NZ.
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
Hugh A Robertson
New Zealand Scientific Authority for CITES
Biodiversity Group
Department of Conservation
NEW ZEALAND
Date of record entry: 2023-09-14