Figure 4. Distribution of Parties to CITES and CMS with respect to ranges of mobulid species.

Country participation in two key international protection agreements as it relates to each genus; the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) with respect to Area of Occupancy maps for a single or multiple species of (A) devil (Mobula spp.) or (B) manta (Manta spp.) ray. Only countries that are known to obtain mobulids in target or incidental fisheries are included, whereas those that do not report target or incidental fisheries for mobulids are blank (see Croll et al., 2015 for details). Both nearshore and distantwater fleets are included, thus country of origin may not overlap with mobulid distribution if fisheries operate elsewhere.