Stingray export quotas and conservation status from CITES

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Found this PDF online. The info is from 2004. I'm sure the quotas are different now, but it's a good read anyway.

http://www.cites.org/common/com/ac/20/E20-inf-08.pdf

Also- The CITES directive for the study of South American rays:

4. South American freshwater stingrays​

Directed to the Secretariat 14.109 The Secretariat shall liaise with, as a minimum, the key range States1 of the family Potamotrygonidae (South American freshwater stingrays), relevant Regional Fishery Bodies, FAO and the ornamental fish industry to facilitate the organization of and seek external funding for a regional workshop that will report at the 23rd or 24th meeting of the Animals Committee. This workshop will: a) review the distribution and status of the wild populations of this taxon, the role of captive breeding and international trade records; b) advise on the development of methods for ensuring the sustainable utilisation of and international trade in these species; c) in consultation with all relevant range States, jointly examine crossborder trade that may be facilitating illegal trade; and d) develop a cooperative strategy for monitoring and regulating international trade within South America and to other States, taking into consideration the contribution of captive breeding to in situ conservation. Directed to the Animals Committee 14.110 The Animals Committee shall consider the outputs of the South American freshwater stingray workshop and, in consultation with workshop participants, shall make any necessary species-specific recommendations to range States and to the Conference of the Parties at its 15th meeting on improving the conservation status and regulation of international trade in these taxa.
http://www.cites.org/eng/dec/valid14/14_101-117.shtml

In PDF:

http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/14/com/E14-Com-I-16.pdf