Figure 7

The numbers in this figure

15 rows from figure8_source_data.csv, read out of source_data.zip in the deposit. Not a copy: the page reads the archive a reader downloads, so the two cannot disagree. The filename carries the pipeline's figure number, which is not this figure's number; the archive's index states the binding.

The archive's digest: 3558736147e7…52663558736147e731a25c113309a5af49e534421701d97c1324ddf703aed3d45266

iucn_status is withheld in 15 of 15 rows. IUCN categories may not be redistributed; REBUILD-IUCN.md in the deposit rebuilds them from the IUCN's own release.

All 15 rows, 7 columns

The table scrolls inside its frame; the header stays in place.

Rank`rank`	Scientific name`scientific_name`	Total quantity`total_quantity`	Record count`record_count`	Iucn status`iucn_status`	Assessment id`assessment_id`	Cites appendix`cites_appendix`
1	Balaenoptera physalus	16522294.729900002	759	withheld	50349982	I
2	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	3451017.0040000007	4070	withheld	50348265	I
3	Lontra canadensis	2916725.0089999996	13376	withheld	164577078	II
4	Lynx canadensis	1032728.9475000002	30417	withheld	275326314	II
5	Odobenus rosmarus	1004477.1170000001	20998	withheld	272356023	III
6	Alopias vulpinus	158532.967	139	withheld	212641186	II
7	Ursus maritimus	141940.77500000002	21117	withheld	14871490	II
8	Monodon monoceros	79821.18999999999	23866	withheld	50367651	II
9	Megaptera novaeangliae	75556.0251999999	1123	withheld	50362794	I
10	Lamna nasus	73136.28	99	withheld	500969	II
11	Delphinapterus leucas	70304.477	2895	withheld	50352346	II
12	Physeter macrocephalus	54566.5148	2515	withheld	50382216	I
13	Grus canadensis	54198.31	11550	withheld	188597759	II
14	Phocoena phocoena	40672.27	530	withheld	247632759	II
15	Rhodiola rosea	34467.19999999998	43	withheld	55685155	II

Cells marked withheld are IUCN categories this deposit may not redistribute; REBUILD-IUCN.md in the deposit rebuilds them from the IUCN's own release.

Binding curated

wild-origin-trade · pipeline artifact figure8 · binding confirmed by Magnus Smárason on 2026-07-30

Binding evidence, as the record states it: figure8_source_data.csv has exactly 15 ranked rows and the generator filters source='W'. The caption reads '15 most frequently traded wild-sourced'.

1. Data inputs derived

Computed from the figure pipeline's declared tables and query.

Database schema: arctic
Tables: cites_trade_records filtered to source code W, iucn_assessments, cites_listings, species
Records consumed: 137,304
Database release: CITES Trade Database v2025.1
Extraction date: 13 June 2025
Redistributable: No. IUCN Red List terms do not permit redistribution. Assessment identifiers and the extraction script are deposited instead.

This figure was not generated from the deposited dataset

The deposit carries 139,775 records with source code W across 43 species against the 137,304 this figure consumed, because the figure pipeline reads schema arctic (v1) and the deposit is built from arctic_v2. A reader regenerating this figure from the deposit will not reproduce these numbers exactly.

2. Processing steps derived

Each step is a path in the figure pipeline's own repository, which this site does not host. Regenerate and verify commands are literal. 1 of the 4 artifacts below is served here, and carries a download link; the rest are named so the chain can be read, not followed.

Aggregate from Postgres. visualizations/data_processing/analyze_wild_origin_trade_pg.py
Intermediate JSON. data/exports/wild_origin_trade_analysis.json
Render. visualizations/scripts/figure8_wild_origin_trade.py
Frozen numeric source data. visualizations/source_data/figure8_source_data.csv, download

Regenerate: ARCTIC_DATABASE_URL=... ./.venv/bin/python visualizations/make_all_figures.py

Verify: append --check. This regenerates the source data from the database and byte-diffs it against the frozen copy. Byte equality means the whole chain from database to figure numbers is deterministic.

3. LLM involvement: none

No generative model participated in producing this figure. The four artifacts named above import only csv, json, numpy, pandas, plotly, pathlib, collections and the project's psycopg2 helper. No model API is called at any step, and there is no prompt because there is no model.

This is asserted mechanically rather than by declaration. visualizations/tests/test_no_model_calls.py reads this manifest, opens every script and generator it names, searches for model SDKs and API clients, and fails if it finds one. It covers every script and generator the manifest names.

The generative model in this project drafted 343 narrative prose sections about the 43 species. None of that prose reaches any figure, and none of it is displayed on this site: it is withheld pending expert review.

No review has begun, so there is no agreement statistic to report and no page reporting one. What can be checked is that the withholding is complete: the drafts are deposited unrendered as supplementary/species_narratives_no_citations.csv, every species page states how many of its sections are withheld, and the dataset page marks the table as unreviewed content.

4. Validation

Automated gate: passed. Byte-exact regeneration from the live database against the frozen source data.

Human review: no named person has signed this figure. withheld The automated gate establishes that the numbers are reproducible from the database. It establishes nothing about whether they are the right numbers to plot. That judgement requires a person, and no person has recorded it.

Retained and flagged

Known defects, two.

The published figure was computed on 51,000 of 137,304 records (a safety cap). The published rank-1 species (common minke whale) was wrong; on the full data the rank-1 species is the fin whale.

The quantity axis is a sum across records whose unit varies row by row. It is not a quantity in any single unit. See what changed on this site. See what changed.

Figure 7, Trade volumes of the 15 most frequently traded wild-sourced species

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