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- 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
- Update on the Vaquita
- Proposed Live Captures of Cetaceans, Seals and Penguins in Namibia
- Amazon River dolphins in Brazil continue to be killed for fish bait
- Arabian Sea humpback whales are one of only four populations still considered Endangered under the United States revised Endangered Species Act listing.
- Latest SMM Taxonomy Committee List of Marine Mammal Species Includes Several Species-level Changes
- Mass mortality event of Black Sea Harbour Porpoises
- Collaboration on humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) research and conservation in South and East Africa
- A tribute to the late Natalie Goodall and her museum at the end of the world
Category Archives: Vaquita
Vaquita on the verge of extinction
TweetCIRVA (Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la Vaquita) met again in April 2017, just 5 months after the committee’s last meeting. The meeting report, which was officially released today at the IWC Scientific Committee meeting in Slovenia, points out … Continue reading
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Jan 2017 update on the decline of the Vaquita
TweetAs noted in the 16 December 2016 posting on this site, CIRVA (Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la Vaquita) met in November to update its findings and recommendations concerning vaquita science and conservation. The meeting report, which was officially … Continue reading
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Update on the Vaquita
TweetIn June 2016, we reported that the survey conducted in September–December 2015 had shown that only about 60 vaquitas were left (as detailed in the CIRVA-7 report). Despite valiant efforts by the Mexican government and NGOs, it clear that illegal … Continue reading
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