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Recent Posts
- Why are so many whales dying in Argentine Patagonia?
- New Presidential Commission to Save Vaquita Takes First Steps
- Indonesia’s new stranding network
- Assessment of the sustainability of Solomon Islands live dolphin captures
- Update on conservation of the critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins
- Southeast Asian Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAM III)
- New CSG Logo
- Hawaiian insular population of false killer whales listed as Endangered
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Author Archives: Gill Braulik
Why are so many whales dying in Argentine Patagonia?
Press Release Issued on 25 April 2013, by the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program. Contact: Mariano Sironi – msironi(a)icb.org.ar; Max Pulsinelli – mpulsinelli(a)wcs.org The southern right whales that use Península Valdés, Argentina as a nursery ground have suffered the … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Right Whales, Unusual mortality
Tagged argentina, Endangered, mortality, southern right whale
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New Presidential Commission to Save Vaquita Takes First Steps
The first meetings of the Comisión Asesora de la Presidencia de México para la Recuperación de la Vaquita (Advisory Commission of the Presidency of Mexico for the Recovery of the Vaquita) were held in Mexico City in February and March … Continue reading
Posted in Critically Endangered, Vaquita
Tagged bycatch, critically endangered, Mexico, vaquita
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Indonesia’s new stranding network
Indonesia has one of the longest coastlines in the world – over 80,000km. About 35 species of cetaceans, plus the dugong, are known to occur in the region, and a myriad of human activities take place in the marine environment. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cetacean, dolphin, indonesia, stranding network, whale
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Assessment of the sustainability of Solomon Islands live dolphin captures
There is a long history in the Solomon Islands of drive-hunts targeting dolphins. Recently, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), a species not previously targeted by drive-hunters, has been subject to live-captures and export for display in dolphinariums and other … Continue reading
Posted in Solomon Islands
Tagged cetaceans, dolphinaria, dolphins, live captures, Solomon Islands
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Update on conservation of the critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins
The CSG has provided technical support to efforts to save the Mekong River’s critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins – only about 85 remain in Cambodia and Laos. There is some good news – with new protection and research efforts. The entire … Continue reading
Posted in Mekong dolphins
Tagged Cambodia, Irrawaddy dolphin, Mekong dolphins, Orcaella, river dolphin
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Southeast Asian Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAM III)
The Third Southeast Asian Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAM III) will be taking place in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, from 4 – 10 March 2013. The event will be co-hosted by the MareCet Research Organization along with the Institute of Ocean and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cetaceans, conservation, dolphin, South East Asia, whale
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New CSG Logo
The Cetacean Specialist Group now has a logo! The logo was designed by Barb Taylor and Gill Braulik. It will be added to the website shortly, and in the future will be available to add to reports and publications etc.
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Hawaiian insular population of false killer whales listed as Endangered
On November 28th, 2012 the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service officially listed a distinct population segment of false killer whales around the main Hawaiian Islands as Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. This population, termed the Hawaiian insular population, … Continue reading
Redlisting of Mediterranean cetacean populations
Given their sheer number, assessing all geographic populations of cetaceans (sub-populations, in Red List-speak) is a long-term challenge; only a small fraction have been assessed, with priority given to those suspected of being in the most trouble. Two regions where … Continue reading
Posted in Red List
Tagged cetaceans, Delphinus delphis, Endangered, Mediterranean, Physeter, redlist, sperm whale, striped dolphins, vulnerable
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Conservation of cetaceans and manatees in Western Africa
A new publication on cetaceans and manatees in the Western African region has just been published by CMS. The publication is a compilation of articles presented at the scientific symposium ‘Western African Talks on Cetaceans and their Habitats (WATCH)’ held … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Action Plan, Macaronesia, manatees, MoU, small cetaceans, West Africa
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