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2023

2022

2021-Cetacean Specialist Group Report to IUCN SSC
Written evidence submitted by the CSG to the UK House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
RE: Marine Mammals in UK Waters and Worldwide – May 22
Pangas observed within the Zero Tolerance Area Oct 2021 thru May 2022
WWF-Cambodia 2022. Summary Report on the Status of the Transboundary Mekong Dolphins

2021

Survey report for Vaquita research 2021 final
Final Report – Vaquita Expert Elicitation 2021
Singh, S., Srivastava, S., Dutta, S., Dubla, R., Singh, A., Dixit, B., Dewan, S., Singh, S.P., Singh, A. & Sharma. R., (2021). Guide to Safe Rescue and Release of Stranded Ganges River Dolphins. Turtle Survival Alliance India Program and Uttar Pradesh Forest and Wildlife Department, 43 pp
Report on using expert elicitation to estimate total unique vaquitas and calves sighted in Sept-Oct 2019 survey in the Zero Tolerance Area with recommendations for future research efforts

2020

Survey report for Vaquita Photographic Identification Research 2019

2019

2018

Taylor, B and Gerrodette, T. 2018. Net Removal Operations Report. March 26 & 27, 2018.

CIRVA. 2018. Report of the tenth meeting of the Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la Vaquita (CIRVA). Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, December 11-12, 2017

2017

Ninth Meeting of the Comite Internacional para la Recuperacion de la Vaquita (CIRVA-9) Apro; 25-26, 2017, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA

Report of the 2017 International Workshop on the Conservation of Irrawaddy Dolphins in the Mekong River, Kratie, Cambodia. January 16-18 2017

2016

Eighth Meeting of the Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la Vaquita (CIRVA-8) Nov 29-30th 2016, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.

Miller, P. S. 2016. A Population Viability Analysis for the Chinese White Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary: Final Report. Apple Valley, MN: IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist

Seventh Meeting of the Comité Internacional para la Recuperación de la Vaquita Caracol Museo de Ciencias y Acuario (CIRVA-7) – Final Report

Significant Outcomes and Impacts of Implementing the Urgent Patrol Strategy on the Mekong River to Protect Irrawaddy dolphins. From the WWF-Cambodia team – March 2016

Final Report of the Express Meeting of the Comité Internaciónal para la Recuperation de la Vaquita (CIRVA), 16 December 2015, San Francisco, California. 16pp – In English. and in Spanish

Vaquita Final Survey Design 2015 – Webinar Report

2015

Sixth Meeting of the Comite Internacional para la Recuperation de la Vaquita (CIRVA-6) May 22, 2015, San Diego, CA, USA. Final Report.

Turvey, S.T., Hao, Y., Ding, W., 2015. Identifying conservation solutions for the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) through community research, p. 18. Zoological Society of London, International Whaling Commission, Institute of Oceanography.

2015. Report on the Arabian Sea Humpback Whale Workshop: Developing a collaborative research and conservation strategy. Dubai 27-29 January 2015. Edited by Minton G, Collins T, Reeves R, and Willson, A. 49 pages

Ross PS et al. 2015. Sustainable fisheries and the conservation of the Critically Endangered Taiwanese White Dolphin (Sousa chinensis). Final report to the workshop. June 11, 2015. Taipei, Taiwan. 32 pp.

2014

Sinha, R.K., Ahmed, B. eds., 2014. Rivers for Life – Proceedings of the International Symposium on River Biodiversity: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River System, Ecosystems for Life, A Bangladesh-India Initiative. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature.340pp.

Vaquita Refuge Google Earth files for download

Southall BL, Rowles T, Gulland F, Baird RW, & Jepson PD (2013) Final report of the Independent Scientific Review Panel investigating potential contributing factors to a 2008 mass stranding of melon-‐headed whales (Peponocephala electra) in Antsohihy, Madagascar.

CIRVA 2014. Report of the fifth meeting of the ‘Comité Internacional Para La Recuperación de la Vaquita (CIRVA-5) p. 48.[ English version].

CIRVA 2014. Reporte de la Quinta Reunion del ‘Comit é Internacional Para La Recuperaci ó n de la Vaquita (CIRVA-5) p. 33 [Spanish Version].

CIRVA 2014. CIRVA-5 Annex 7, 8 & 9.

2014. Conclusions, recommendations and working group reports from the Workshop on the conservation of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River. 23-24 April 2014, Phnom Penh, Cambodia p. 22.

2014. Discussion on research and conservation of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Ayeyarwady River (following the workshop on Mekong River dolphins). 25th April, 2014, Phnom Penh, Cambodia p. 5.

2013

Oremus, M., Leqata, J., Hurutarau, J., Taei, S., Donoghue, M., and Baker, C.S. 2013. Population status of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus, in the Solomon Islands and assessment of live-capture sustainability. Final Report of the Solomon Islands Dolphin Project, South Pacific Whale Research Consortium. 65pp.

2012

Van Waerebeek, K., ed. 2012. Conserving cetaceans and manatees in the western African region. CMS Secretariat: Bonn, Germany.

Memorandum of understanding concerning the conservation of the manatee and small cetaceans of western Africa and Macaronesia. Concluded under the auspices of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

Action plan for the conservation of small cetaceans of western Africa and Macaronesia. Annex II to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the conservation of the manatee and small cetaceans of western Africa and Macaronesia.

2012. Report of the Fourth Meeting of the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA). Hotel Coral y Marina, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. February 20-23, 2012.

Kratie Declaration on the Conservation of the Mekong River Irrawaddy Dolphins. January 12, 2012

2011

Oremus, M., Leqata, J., Hurutarau, J., Taei, S., Doonoghue, M., Thompson, K., Baker, C.S., 2011. Solomon Islands dolphin project: Progress report on data collection and analysis. South Pacific Whale Research Consortium. 29 pp

Reeves, R.R., Brownell, R.L., Jr., Burkanov, V., Kingsley, M. C. S., Lowry, L. F. and Taylor, B. L. 2011. Sustainability assessment of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) live-capture removals in the Sakhalin–Amur region, Okhotsk Sea, Russia. Report of an independent scientific review panel. Occasional Paper of the Species Survival Commission, No. 44. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 34 pp.

Determining and quantifying threats to coastal cetaceans: A regional collaborative workshop: 21-24 February 2011, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Edited by G. Minton and B.D. Smith.

2010

Whalewatcher: Journal of the American Cetacean Society, 2010. Dutton, I.(ed). Climate change: challenges to cetacean conservation. Vol 39. No.2

Whalewatcher: Journal of the American Cetacean Society, 2010. Jefferson, T. (ed). Porpoises in Peril: The vaquita and its relatives. vol 39. No. 1

Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Birkun A., Jr. 2010. Conserving whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: an ACCOBAMS status report, 2010. ACCOBAMS, Monaco. 212 p.

Sinha, R. K., Behera, S. K., and Choudhary, B.C. 2010. The Conservation Action Plan for the Ganges River Dolphin 2010-2020. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 33 pp.

Trujillo, F., Crespo, E., Van Damme, P.A. & J.S. Usma (Editors). 2010. The Action Plan for South American River Dolphins 2010 – 2020. WWF, Fundación Omacha, WDS, WDCS, Solamac. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. 249 pp.

IWC. 2010. Report of the Southern Right Whale Die-off Workshop, 15-18 March 2010, Centro Nacional Patagónico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Scientific Committee Document SC/62/Rep1. Available from: IWC Secretariat, Cambridge, UK.

Kreb, D., Reeves, R.R., Thomas, P.O., Braulik, G. and Smith, B.D. (Editors). 2010. Establishing protected areas for Asian freshwater cetaceans: Freshwater cetaceans as flagship species for integrated river conservation management, Samarinda, 19-24 October 2009. Final Workshop Report, Yayasan Konservasi RASI, Samarinda, Indonesia.

2009

Reeves, R., Brownell Jr., Robert L., Gulland, Frances, Smith, D. Brian., Turvey, Samuel. T. and Ding, Wang. 2009. Assessment of mortality of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River and recommendations for a population recovery plan

Reeves, R. R. and Brownell Jr., R. L. (eds.). 2009. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin assessment workshop report: Solomon Islands case study of Tursiops aduncus. Occasional Paper of the Species Survival Commission, No. 40, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 61pp.

2008

Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) 2008. Action Program for the Conservation of the Species: Vaquita (Phocoena sinus). Comprehensive strategy for sustainable management of marine and coastal resources in the Upper Gulf of California. United Mexican States Federal Government. 76pp.

2007

Smith, B. D., Shore, R. G. and Lopez, A. (eds.). 2007. Status and conservation of freshwater populations of Irrawaddy dolphins. WCS Working Paper No 31. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York. 119pp.

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.C., and Reeves, R.R. (editors). 2007. Conservation Action Plan for the Eastern Taiwan Strait Population of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 4 pp. (English) + 4 pp. (Chinese).

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.C., and Reeves, R.R. (editors). 2007. Report of the Second International Workshop on Conservation and Research Needs of the Eastern Taiwan Strait Population of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, Sousa chinensis. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 62 pp. (English) + 54 pp. (Chinese).

2006

Hucke-Gaete, R., Crespo, E.A. and Schlatter, R.P. (eds.). 2006. Aquatic mammals in Latin America: Proceedings of a Workshop on Identifying High-Priority Conservation Needs and Actions. Valdivia, Chile, 18 – 19 October, 2002.

Reeves, R., R. and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2006. The status and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. 137pp.

Turvey, S., Barrett, L.A., Reeves, R.R., Wang, D. 2006 Conservation of the Yangtze River dolphin – emergency implementation meeting report. San Diego, 17-18 December 2oo5.

2005

PERRIN, W.F., REEVES, R.R., DOLAR, M.L.L., JEFFERSON, T., MARSH, H., WANG, J.Y. and ESTACION, J. Eds., 2005. Report of the Second Workshop on the Biology and Conservation of Small Cetaceans and Dugongs of Southeast Asia. UNEP/CMS Secretariat, CMS Technical Series Publication No. 9.

Braulik, G. T., Reeves, R. R., Wang, D., Ellis, S., Wells, R. S. and Dudgeon, D. 2005. Report of the Workshop on Conservation of the Baiji and Yangtze Finless Porpoise. World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland. 50pp.

2004

Reeves, R. R., Perrin, W. F., Taylor, B. L., Baker, C. S. and Mesnick, S. L. (eds.). 2004. Report of the Workshop on the shortcomings of cetacean taxonomy in relation to the needs of conservation and management, April 30 – May 2, 2004 La Jolla, California. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 97pp.

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.-C., and Reeves, R.R. (editors). 2004. Report of the First Workshop on Conservation and Research Needs of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins, Sousa chinensis, in the Waters of Taiwan. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 37pp (Chinese) + 43pp (English).

Wang, J.Y., Yang, S.-C., and Reeves, R.R (editors). 2004. Research Action Plan for the Humpback Dolphins of Western Taiwan. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung County, Taiwan. 3pp (Chinese) + 4pp (English).

2003

Reeves, R. R., Smith, B. D., Crespo, E. A. and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. (eds.). 2003. Dolphins, whales and porpoises: 2002-2010 conservation action plan for the world’s cetaceans. IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK. 139pp.

Donoghue, M., Reeves, R. R. and Stone, G. S. (eds.). 2003. Report of the Workshop on Interactions between cetaceans and longline fisheries. Apia, Samoa: November 2002. New England Aquarium Aquatic Forum Series Report 03-1. New England Aquarium Press, Boston, MA, USA in cooperation with the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, Apia, Samoa. 49pp

2000

Reeves, R. R., Smith, B. D. and Kasuya, T. (eds.). 2000. Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. 152pp.

1994

Leatherwood, S. and Reeves R. R. 1994. Dolphins, porpoises and whales : 1994-1998 action plan for the conservation of cetaceans. IUCN, Gland Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

1991

Klinowska, M. and J. Cooke (1991). Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales of the World. The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, IUCN – The World Conservation Union.

1989

Perrin, W. F. 1989. Dolphins, Porpoises, and Whales. An Action Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity: 1988-1992. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 35pp.

1986

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Perrin, W. F., Brownell, R. L., Kaiya, Z., and Jiankang, L. (eds). 1989. Biology and conservation of the river dolphins: proceedings of the Workshop on Biology and Conservation of the Platanistoid Dolphins held at Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, October 28-30, 1986.