United States and China Sample Clauses

United States and China. There is not a large amount of data revealing the extent of turtle trade between China and other countries. China and the United States are two countries that have the most data gathered regarding the trade. For this reason, examination of turtles in United States and their relationship to China can be used to learn more about the extent of farming across boarders, and the impact Chinese culture has had on the growth of turtle farms and turtle trading around the world. The practice of human harvesting and the resultant depletion of turtle population are not limited to China. The United States faces a similar problem. For example, the Florida Turtle Conservation Trust examined Florida waterways that inhabit over 25 turtle species, and found that in these rivers, swamps, and coasts, several species are significantly declining due to human collection for consumption. Conservations have warned that if this high rate of consumption continues, the U.S. freshwater turtle species will near extinction. But some steps are being made to save the turtles and the state of Florida has been a leader in the initiatives to prevent the trajectory of turtle species extinction and has written legislation to keep commercial harvesting out of Florida waters. 120 Gong, Xxx-Xxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, and Xxx-Xxx Xxx. "The chelonian trade in the largest pet market in China: scale, scope and impact on turtle conservation." Oryx 43, no. 02 (2009): 213-216. 121 Xxxxx, Xxxx X., and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx. Aquaculture: Farming aquatic animals and plants. Xxxx Wiley & Sons, 2012. Not all turtles are under CITES protection, but the U.S. currently has all tortoises under CITES protection, and some have full ESA protection as well. The terrestrial and freshwater turtles that can be found in the CITE Appendixes are as follows: Box turtles – Appendix I Box and Wood turtles – Appendix II Alligator snapper and map turtles – Appendix III Alabama red-bellied, Bog, Flattened musk, Plymouth red bellied, Ringed map and Yellow-blotched map - ESA Thirty-one of these species remain under no Federal status according the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took action to propose four new species to be listed on the CITES list.122 The four species included snapping turtle, Florida soft-shell turtle, smooth soft-shell turtle, and spiny soft-shell turtle, all in great demand from Asian turtles. There is a lack of data that specifies the extent of trade between ...
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