{"id":18843,"date":"2025-11-27T06:56:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cremacr.org\/costarricenses-piden-a-ministro-de-ambiente-que-el-pais-vote-a-favor-de-la-proteccion-de-la-mantarraya-gigante-en-cites\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:11:15","slug":"costa-ricans-urge-minister-of-environment-to-vote-in-favor-of-protecting-giant-manta-ray-cites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cremacr.org\/en\/costa-ricans-urge-minister-of-environment-to-vote-in-favor-of-protecting-giant-manta-ray-cites\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Ricans Urge Minister of Environment to Vote in Favor of Protecting the Giant Manta Ray at CITES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">40 NGOs and 80 citizens call on the country to support a total ban on international trade of the species.<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>(San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica \u2013 November 26, 2025). Last Friday, November 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1S-CaJ0CmcjMtn38xQy4bPhwHiG3FJTxJ\/view?usp=sharing\">forty Costa Rican NGOs and coastal marine tourism businesses sent a letter to the Minister of Environment<\/a>, Franz Tattenbach, calling on the country to vote in favor of banning the international trade of the Giant Manta Ray, during the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), whose twentieth Conference of the Parties (CoP20) is taking place this week and next in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (November 24 to December 5). At the CoP20, Parties will vote on the proposal to transfer the Giant Manta Ray from Appendix II, which allows international trade of its products under certain restrictions, to Appendix I, which bans all international trade. Approving this transfer requires a two-thirds majority vote in Plenary, out of a total of 185 countries.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The Giant Manta Ray has been listed as Endangered since 2019 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It is targeted in fisheries for its meat and for exporting its gill plates to Asian countries, and it is also a common bycatch in pelagic purse-seine and longline fisheries. Its tendency to form predictable aggregations in coastal waters increases its vulnerability to fishing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In Costa Rica, the Giant Manta Ray is not targeted by fisheries, nor are its products exported, although it does occur as an incidental catch in pelagic fisheries. The species forms aggregations in several areas of the country, including Ca\u00f1o Island, Cocos Island, and the Bat Islands, and genetic population data show strong structuring, suggesting that the Costa Rican population is unique and independent from Mexican and Ecuadorian populations. Furthermore, the Giant Manta Ray is a cornerstone species for low-impact tourism, generating substantial income for coastal communities and contributing directly to at least 12 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCosta Rica must be consistent with its marine conservation discourse and vote in favor of full protection of the Giant Manta Ray from international trade,\u201d stated Daniel Arauz of the Marine Species Rescue Center of Costa Rica (CREMA). \u201cWe citizens strongly believe that the country should lead international processes that demonstrate that conserving the species benefits the nation's sustainable development,\u201d Arauz said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on the Costa Rican delegation at CITES to follow the best available science and vote in favor of the full protection from international trade that this species so urgently needs,\u201d urged Jeffry Madrigal of Mantas Costa Rica. \u201cWe will keep Costa Ricans who work in marine conservation and practice sustainable, low-impact marine tourism informed about the negotiations in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,\u201d Madrigal added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Jeffry Madrigal Mes\u00e9n<br \/>President<br \/>Mantas Costa Rica (MCR)<br \/>+506 8859 6514<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jmadrigal@mantascostarica.org\">jmadrigal@mantascostarica.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Arauz Naranjo<br \/>Executive Director<br \/>Marine Threatened Species Rescue Center (CREMA)<br \/>+506 8328 1473<br \/><a href=\"mailto:darauz@cremacr.org\">darauz@cremacr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph 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