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12 Sep 2014

Irrawaddy dolphins (Pesut) in Indonesia’s Mahakam River

  At the chairman’s request, CSG member Danielle Kreb provided the following summary. One of the three Critically Endangered freshwater populations of Irrawaddy dolphins, Orcaella brevirostris, inhabits the Mahakam River, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Analysis of tissues samples from 8 individuals indicated that this population has two unique...

08 Aug 2014

Vaquita conservation update

  As promised in the news item posted 2 August regarding availability of the vaquita recovery team’s (CIRVA) report, this is an update following the most recent (5th) meeting of the Advisory Commission to the Presidency of Mexico for Recovery of the Vaquita (‘presidential commission’) in...

02 Aug 2014

The Vaquita: New report from CIRVA released…

  The recently completed report of the international vaquita recovery team (CIRVA) is now available here in English, and in Spanish.  The Mexican presidential commission on vaquita conservation is meeting on 31 July and 1 August to consider CIRVA's findings, and an update news item will be...

03 Jul 2014

Update on Mekong and Ayeyarwady Irrawaddy dolphin conservation

  With support of the CSG, further steps were taken recently toward the conservation of two of Asia’s three riverine populations of Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris: in the Mekong of Cambodia and Laos and in the Ayeyarwady of Myanmar.   Mekong River Irrawaddy Dolphins The critically endangered Mekong River...

18 Jul 2013

Yangtze finless porpoise is listed as Critically Endangered

  The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis), the world’s only freshwater porpoise, has been upgraded to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This follows the recent probable extinction of the other cetacean once found in China’s Yangtze River system, the Yangtze...

12 Jun 2013

Mexican government approves selective fishing gear to reduce Vaquita bycatch

  On the 6th June 2013 the Government of Mexico took an important step to save the vaquita. The Mexican ‘Official Norm’ establishes shrimp fishing standards in Mexico and defines which gear is permitted in different zones of the country. The Government has adopted important modifications...

24 Apr 2013

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 of this year, and significant...

07 Jul 2011

Fiordland bottlenose dolphin population redlisted as Critically Endangered

  The Fiordland subpopulation of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabits the fiords and bays of Fiordland, a mountainous, rainforest-covered World Heritage Area in the southwest of New Zealand’s South Island. These dolphins are at the southern limit of the species’ global range and recent studies...

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