ANNEX II. Distribution table – range states and FAO fisheries areas

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  Most fishery figures listed are extrapolated estimated catches.
  
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  Reports by weight have been converted to estimates of number of individuals.
  
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  Countries known to have targeted and/or bycatch fisheries for Manta spp. and Mobula spp., but where no catch records or estimates are available include, but are not limited to:
  
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    Southern China (only number from one processing plant included),
    
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    Mexico, Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Thailand and the Philippines.
    
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  Some landings estimates included under “Directed Fisheries” are from fisheries that primarily target other species. There is evidence, however, that these fisheries actively target Manta and Mobula spp. and catches should not be considered to be incidental. Organized trade in gill plates in Indonesia has moved some fisheries to actively target Manta spp. along with the original target species.
  
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  Much of the bycatch from high seas fisheries is likely to be discarded and may not go into the gill plate trade.
  
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  A great deal of the fishery data reported and almost all bycatch data refer only to Mobulids and do not report by individual species. It’s suspected that the majority of the unclassified Mobulid catch data refer to Mobula spp.
  

Table 1. Directed fisheries – individuals

Annex V. Mobula spp.legal protection measures – regional, national, state