Reports for Download

Oremus, M., Leqata, J., Hurutarau, J., Taei, S., Donoghue, M., and Baker, C.S. 2013. Population status of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus, in the Solomon Islands and assessment of live-capture sustainability. Final Report of the Solomon Islands Dolphin Project, South Pacific Whale Research Consortium. 65pp.

Van Waerebeek, K., ed. 2012. Conserving cetaceans and manatees in the western African region. CMS Secretariat: Bonn, Germany.

Memorandum of understanding concerning the conservation of the manatee and small cetaceans of western africa and macaronesia. Concluded under the auspices of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

Action plan for the conservation of small cetaceans of western Africa and Macaronesia. Annex II to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the conservation of the manatee and small cetaceans of western Africa and Macaronesia.

2012. Report of the Fourth Meeting of the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA). Hotel Coral y Marina, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. February 20-23, 2012.

Kratie Declaration on the Conservation of the Mekong River Irrawaddy Dolphins. January 12, 2012

Oremus, M., Leqata, J., Hurutarau, J., Taei, S., Doonoghue, M., Thompson, K., Baker, C.S., 2011. Solomon Islands dolphin project: Progress report on data collection and analysis. South Pacific Whale Research Consortium. 29 pp

Reeves, R.R., Brownell, R.L., Jr., Burkanov, V., Kingsley, M. C. S., Lowry, L. F. and Taylor, B. L. 2011. Sustainability assessment of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) live-capture removals in the Sakhalin–Amur region, Okhotsk Sea, Russia. Report of an independent scientific review panel. Occasional Paper of the Species Survival Commission, No. 44. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 34 pp.

Determining and quantifying threats to coastal cetaceans: A regional collaborative workshop: 21-24 February 2011, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Edited by G. Minton and B.D. Smith.

Whalewatcher: Journal of the American Cetacean Society, 2010. Dutton, I.(ed). Climate change: challenges to cetacean conservation. Vol 39. No.2

Whalewatcher: Journal of the American Cetacean Society, 2010. Jefferson, T. (ed). Porpoises in Peril: The vaquita and its relatives. vol 39. No. 1

Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Birkun A., Jr. 2010. Conserving whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: an ACCOBAMS status report, 2010. ACCOBAMS, Monaco. 212 p.

Sinha, R. K., Behera, S. K., and Choudhary, B.C. 2010. The Conservation Action Plan for the Ganges River Dolphin 2010-2020. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 33 pp.

Trujillo, F., Crespo, E., Van Damme, P.A. & J.S. Usma (Editors). 2010. The Action Plan for South American River Dolphins 2010 – 2020. WWF, Fundación Omacha, WDS, WDCS, Solamac. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. 249 pp.

IWC. 2010. Report of the Southern Right Whale Die-off Workshop, 15-18 March 2010, Centro Nacional Patagónico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Scientific Committee Document SC/62/Rep1. Available from: IWC Secretariat, Cambridge, UK.

Kreb, D., Reeves, R.R., Thomas, P.O., Braulik, G. and Smith, B.D. (Editors). 2010. Establishing protected areas for Asian freshwater cetaceans: Freshwater cetaceans as flagship species for integrated river conservation management, Samarinda, 19-24 October 2009. Final Workshop Report, Yayasan Konservasi RASI, Samarinda, Indonesia.

Reeves, R., Brownell Jr., Robert L., Gulland, Frances, Smith, D. Brian., Turvey, Samuel. T. and Ding, Wang. 2009. Assessment of mortality of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River and recommendations for a population recovery plan

Reeves, R. R. and Brownell Jr., R. L. (eds.). 2009. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin assessment workshop report: Solomon Islands case study of Tursiops aduncus. Occasional Paper of the Species Survival Commission, No. 40, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 61pp.

Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) 2008. Action Program for the Conservation of the Species: Vaquita (Phocoena sinus). Comprehensive strategy for sustainable management of marine and coastal resources in the Upper Gulf of California. United Mexican States Federal Government. 76pp.

Smith, B. D., Shore, R. G. and Lopez, A. (eds.). 2007. Status and conservation of freshwater populations of Irrawaddy dolphins. WCS Working Paper No 31. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York. 119pp.

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.C., and Reeves, R.R. (editors). 2007. Conservation Action Plan for the Eastern Taiwan Strait Population of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 4 pp. (English) + 4 pp. (Chinese).

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.C., and Reeves, R.R. (editors). 2007. Report of the Second International Workshop on Conservation and Research Needs of the Eastern Taiwan Strait Population of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, Sousa chinensis. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 62 pp. (English) + 54 pp. (Chinese).

Hucke-Gaete, R., Crespo, E.A. and Schlatter, R.P. (eds.). 2006. AQUATIC MAMMALS IN LATIN AMERICA: Proceedings of a Workshop on Identifying High-Priority Conservation Needs and Actions. Valdivia, Chile, 18 – 19 October, 2002.

Reeves, R., R. and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2006. The status and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. 137pp.

Braulik, G. T., Reeves, R. R., Wang, D., Ellis, S., Wells, R. S. and Dudgeon, D. 2005. Report of the Workshop on Conservation of the Baiji and Yangtze Finless Porpoise. World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland. 50pp.

Reeves, R. R., Perrin, W. F., Taylor, B. L., Baker, C. S. and Mesnick, S. L. (eds.). 2004. Report of the Workshop on the shortcomings of cetacean taxonomy in relation to the needs of conservation and management, April 30 – May 2, 2004 La Jolla, California. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 97pp.

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.-C., and Reeves, R.R. (editors). 2004. Report of the First Workshop on Conservation and Research Needs of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, Sousa chinensis, in the Waters of Taiwan. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 37pp (Chinese) + 43pp (English).

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.-C., and Reeves, R.R (editors). 2004. Research Action Plan for the Humpback Dolphins of Western Taiwan. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 3pp (Chinese) + 4pp (English).

Reeves, R. R., Smith, B. D., Crespo, E. A. and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. (eds.). 2003. Dolphins, whales and porpoises: 2002-2010 conservation action plan for the world’s cetaceans. IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK. 139pp.

Donoghue, M., Reeves, R. R. and Stone, G. S. (eds.). 2003. Report of the Workshop on Interactions between cetaceans and longline fisheries. Apia, Samoa: November 2002. New England Aquarium Aquatic Forum Series Report 03-1. New England Aquarium Press, Boston, MA, USA in cooperation with the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, Apia, Samoa. 49pp

Reeves, R. R., Smith, B. D. and Kasuya, T. (eds.). 2000. Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. 152pp.

Reeves, R. R. and Leatherwood, S. (eds.). 1994. Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales: 1994-1998 Action Plan for the Conservation of Cetaceans. IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland. 91pp.

Perrin, W. F. 1989. Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales. An Action Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity: 1988-1992. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 35pp.

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