IUCN – SSC Cetacean Specialist Group

Live captures

IUCN – SSC Cetacean Specialist Group / Live captures
15 Dec 2016

Proposed Live Captures of Cetaceans, Seals and Penguins in Namibia

  In March 2016 a proposal to capture African penguins, marine mammals (cetaceans and pinnipeds) and sharks was submitted to the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) by a partnership of two companies: “Welwitschia Aquatic and Wildlife Scientific Research Pty Ltd” and “Beijing Rare...

19 Mar 2013

Assessment of the sustainability of Solomon Islands live dolphin captures

  There is a long history in the Solomon Islands of drive-hunts targeting dolphins. Recently, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), a species not previously targeted by drive-hunters, has been subject to live-captures and export for display in dolphinariums and other facilities. The current quota of...

27 Jun 2011

Solomon Islands dolphin project: Progress report

  As a follow-up to the Solomon Islands dolphin workshop held in Samoa in 2008 (see Special Projects, Solomon Islands), Marc Oremus and colleagues have been conducting field research in the Solomons to obtain abundance estimates of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in the area where the recent...