The worry I have with…

The worry I have with loosening the already ‘loose’ record keeping kept on beaver Castoreum is that it will make it much easier to dispatch beaver illegally just for the Castoreum.
Just recently when beaver pelt prices were very low the Castoreum in some cases was worth more than the beaver pelt itself – anyone could have been dispatching beaver just for the Castoreum without much worry of repercussions. This unlawful practice is a serious waste of a resource that probably was not even noticed because of the poor records presently kept on the sale of Castoreum.
Licenced trappers are NOT required to report how many beaver castors they sold on their Year-End Reports – even if a search is done of sale receipts all you will see is the weight of the castors sold. This makes it difficult to determine if the weight of the castors is proportionate to the number of beaver harvested/sold. Adding to this enigma is that licenced trappers can freeze beaver castors for long periods of time and only sell the castors when the price is to their liking – this really throws- off any chance at relating beaver pelts sold to the amount of Castoreum sold. Castoreum from nuisance beaver harvesting would also contribute to the difficulty of relating the number of beaver pelts sold to Castoreum sold – castors are probably mostly kept even though many pelts would be of no value and often discarded (it is not clear how nuisance beaver pelts that are actually prepared and sold are reported - seems to be different between District Offices).
Even with licenced trappers today, it is difficult or nearly impossible to relate the sale of Castoreum to the number of beaver legally harvested/sold – if you further loosen rules for reporting it will attract illegal harvesting of beaver castoreum and the sad loss of a valuable beaver pelt resource.
Suggestions; Add the requirement for Licenced Trappers, Auction Houses, Fur Dealers etc. to report the weight AND NUMBER of beaver castors sold, bought, left on hand. Definition of Beaver Castor (a.k.a. Beaver Castoreum) should be the entire two glands still attached by the connective tissue. Selling a single castor where connective tissue is broken could be dealt with as being proportionate to a half beaver pelt for oversight purposes.
It probably would be a good idea to get a base-line for at least one reporting cycle and have Licenced Trappers, Auction Houses, Fur Dealers etc. to report the number of castors sold/bought, the number they have left ‘on hand’ and the number of no value/personal use, before any drastic changes in reporting requirements are considered.