The Working Group participants expressed their commitment to individually and collectively take measures and actions to further improve management and conservation of the Queen Conch resource in the Wider Caribbean Region. The Working Group issued a “Declaration of Panama City” which contained a number of recommendations, including to support the development of a regional plan for the management and conservation of Queen Conch and that the Queen Conch range States. CITES and FAO cooperate closely and work jointly on the improvement and standardization of trade data and statistics (through regionally agreed conversion factors) for Queen Conch and its derivatives such as pearls, shells and opercula.