Working Group on Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Issues and Potential Taxa for Listing

Resolution 12.27 (Rev.COP15)Taxonomy and Nomenclature instructs the Scientific Council to review, at its last meeting before each meeting of the Conference of Parties, the online versions of the fish, bird and marine mammal references for the species listed in the Appendices, and to make recommendations as to whether the name of any listed species should be updated.

Additionally, at its Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15), Resolution 14.20 (Rev.COP15) Species that meet the Criteria for listing on the CMS Appendices and Decisions 15.233-15.234 on Species that Meet the Criteria for Listing on CMS were adopted.

For this purpose, the Working Group on Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Issues and Potential Taxa for Listing was established at the Seventh Meeting of the Sessional Committee of the Scientific Council (ScC-SC7) held in September 2024. At the ScC-SC8, held in December 2025, the duration of the Working Group was amended to open-ended until the Sessional Committee decides its work is completed, or an alternative arrangement is made.