ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

This document has been submitted by Brazil, Colombia and the United States of America in relation to amendment proposal CoP16 Prop. 42 on the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus).* * The geographical designations employed in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the CITES Secretariat or the United Nations Environment Programme concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The responsibility for the contents of the document rests exclusively with its author. CoP16 Inf. 26 – p.