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- Third Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) Workshop, held in Borneo, puts 46 new candidate IMMAs on the map
- First vaquita found dead in 2018 – March 2018 Update
- Vaquita peril persists with on-going illegal totoaba fishing – February 2018 Update
- Insights into Critically Endangered Mekong Dolphin Genetics and What This Means for Conservation
- Cooperative Net Removal Efforts Increase to Save Vaquitas
- Arabian Sea humpback whale tagged off the coast of Oman crosses to India!
- Vaquita rescue efforts suspended
- 2017 Cetacean Red List Update
- Update on Mekong River dams and river dolphins
- Massive large whale mortality event in Chile
- Initiative to save Taiwanese white dolphins from extinction
- Vaquita on the verge of extinction
- Lost Indus dolphins in the Beas River, India
- Distribution and abundance of cetaceans in the European Atlantic – SCANS-III
- Workshop on Important Marine Mammal Areas in the South Pacific
- Announcement of the Second Indian Ocean Cetacean Symposium
- New Infographic from Arabian Sea Whale Network
- Progress protecting Mekong River dolphins undermined by proposed dams
- Jan 2017 update on the decline of the Vaquita
- Progress on Chinese White Dolphin (CWD) Research and Conservation Initiative
Category Archives: Sousa
2017 Cetacean Red List Update
Assessments or reassessments of 19 cetacean species, subspecies and populations were published on the IUCN Red List in 2017. These included all four species of humpback dolphin, the Irrawaddy dolphin, two species of finless porpoise, the South Asian River dolphin, … Continue reading
Posted in Critically Endangered, Endangered, Red List, Sousa
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Initiative to save Taiwanese white dolphins from extinction
Taiwanese white dolphins (Sousa chinensis taiwanensis) live in shallow nearshore waters along the west coast of Taiwan (= eastern Taiwan Strait). Researchers from Taiwan and elsewhere have been studying this small and declining population (currently < 75 individuals) since its … Continue reading
Collaboration on humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) research and conservation in South and East Africa
Humpback dolphins in the Indian Ocean were recently recognised as a distinct species (Sousa plumbea) that occurs in coastal waters from South Africa to India (link to earlier news article). The species occurs in very near-shore habitat, generally in water … Continue reading
Posted in Endangered, Sousa
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