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Researchers found an increase in common dolphin sightings in the English Channel and Hebrides, and a decline in white-beaked dolphins in the Hebrides. Human impact on ocean increasing pressure on ...
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Island Region is a Multilateral Environmental Memorandum of Understanding concluded under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention, and in collaboration with the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Conducting scientific assessments of the conservation status of cetacean populations in the Agreement Area; Advising on the development and co-ordination of international research and monitoring programmes; Preparing for each session of the MOP a report of its activities
The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. [3] Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with that distinction belonging to the bottlenose dolphin due to its popular appearances in aquaria and the media.
The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) is a research and educational centre dedicated to the understanding and conservation of cetaceans and the marine environment in which they live. The Institute's BDRI center was founded by the biologist Bruno Díaz López in Sardinia , Italy in 2005.
A drawing of the offshore bottlenose dolphin (top) and the new coastal species (bottom). From Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network on Facebook.
In March 2003, Whalewatch, an umbrella group of 140 conservation and animal welfare groups from 55 countries, led by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (now known as World Animal Protection), published a report, Troubled Waters, [39] whose main conclusion was that whales cannot be guaranteed to be harvested humanely and that all ...
Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is a small species, no more than 2 m long. It can be recognized by its hourglass lateral pattern, with a buffy-beige, almost yellow anterior zone and a bluish-gray posterior zone; the back is dark gray and the belly light.