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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

Enforcement paying off for the Atlantic humpback dolphin of Western Africa

Like many threatened species, the Vulnerable Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is under pressure from anthropogenic activities. Industrial and commercial scale fishing forces locally-based artisanal fishers to within 200 metres of the beach – using their nets in critical habitat for this poorly understood marine...

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...

11 Jul 2013

IWC/CPPS/Ecuador Training Workshop for Responding to Large Whale Entanglement Events

This regional training workshop was carried out in Salinas, Ecuador, 27-28 June 2013. The entanglement of large whales in small scale gillnets has been identified as a major conservation issue in some countries of the Southeast Pacific, particularly in the cases of humpback and sperm...

22 Feb 2013

Update on conservation of the critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins

The CSG has provided technical support to efforts to save the Mekong River's critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins – only about 85 remain in Cambodia and Laos. There is some good news – with new protection and research efforts. The entire current range of Irrawaddy dolphins in...

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The Vaquita: New report from CIRVA released…

Enforcement paying off for the Atlantic humpback dolphin of Western Africa

Update on Mekong and Ayeyarwady Irrawaddy dolphin conservation

IWC/CPPS/Ecuador Training Workshop for Responding to Large Whale Entanglement Events

Update on conservation of the critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins

5th Asian Marine Mammal Stranding Network Symposium in Singapore

A global strategy to combat cetacean and other marine megafauna bycatch in the growing trade for fish maw (swim bladders)

The National Park and the Environmental Protection Area of Albardão: A New Outlook for the Franciscana and other Threatened Species in Brazil

Vaquita in the spotlight

🚨The Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge presented by T-Fiber is here! 🚨

Gephyreus Project NewsLetter

HuDoNet releases Network Action Plan for the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin

Joint visual and acoustic survey finds vaquitas surviving and reproducing, mostly in and near the sanctuary

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5th Asian Marine Mammal Stranding Network Symposium in Singapore

A global strategy to combat cetacean and other marine megafauna bycatch in the growing trade for fish maw (swim bladders)

The National Park and the Environmental Protection Area of Albardão: A New Outlook for the Franciscana and other Threatened Species in Brazil