Recently some (but not all) whale experts have started viewing them as separate species according to geographical location. For the 2008 IUCN Cetacean Red List the conservation status of all cetacean species has been assessed. Meanwhile, the Task Force is shortly entering the review period for the Extended Southern Ocean IMMA process, and in early March will host the IMMA workshop for the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas, in Oman. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! “Humpbacks and southern right whales are making a comeback in much of their range mainly because they have been protected from commercial hunting,” says Randall Reeves, Chair of the Cetacean Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, who led the IUCN Red List assessment. A CIRVA meeting scheduled for mid-February will consider these new data together with new data on net retrievals. // ]]> December marks the beginning of totoaba spawning season. IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges by supporting scientific research; managing field projects all over the world; and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN, international conventions and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. www.iucn.org, ©2020 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Download all cetacean species and their new 2008 Red List category, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Most subpopulations of the southern right whale are doing well. The eastern North Pacific population of right whales is the most endangered large whale population in the world.
“Large parts of the oceans are now filled with human-generated noise, not only from military sonar but also from seismic surveys and shipping. That was true enough when his book was being written. Already listed as Critically Endangered, an estimated 15% of its dwindling population is killed in gillnets every year, leaving only about 150 alive in the wild. Photo: Xiaoqiang Wang, These franciscanas died in gillnets in Brazil. “This is a great conservation success and clearly shows what needs to be done to ensure these ocean giants survive.”.
Photo: Xiaoqiang Wang, The franciscana is taken incidentally in fish nets; its status is Vulnerable. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) and sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) all remain listed as Endangered, pending more evidence of recovery. Elections Won’t Be About Climate, 97% – Myth of the Climate Change Consensus, Aliens Cause Global Warming by Michael Crichton, Why CO2 Is A Minor Player In Global Climate, Climate Change Fears Are Empirically Baseless, Fact-Checking Al Gore’s Latest Predictions, No, Whales Are Not At Risk Of Extinction | altnews.org.
• Near Threatened: species close to the threatened thresholds or that would be threatened without ongoing specific conservation measures; Fishing nets are the greatest present danger to most small cetaceans. This whale was photographed in Argentina. Overall, nearly a quarter of cetacean species are considered threatened, and of those, more than 10% (nine species) are listed as Endangered or Critically Endangered, the highest categories of threat. Literally, they were considered the “right” whales to kill. “River dolphins are one of the most threatened cetacean categories, mainly because they are locked in competition with humans for dwindling freshwater resources,” says Jean-Christophe Vié, Deputy Head of IUCN’s Species Programme. Subscribe to Climate Dispatch and get notifications of new posts by email. The black line shows the area of enhance protection including both the Vaquita Refuge and the enhanced enforcement area recommended by the last CIRVA meeting. The three remaining Right Whales used to be considered a single species.
Please enter your email, so we know you're human. Yet they still add up to 2.5 million. Greenies can’t survive without a crisis. Despite admitting that there are at least 60,000 False Killer Whales, the IUCN classifies them as near threatened – five full stages from extinction. IUCN’s work is supported by over 1,000 professional staff in 60 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. The IUCN thinks there are more Southern Right Whales currently than there were three generations ago. m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) Whale populations have been rebounding since commercial whaling ended decades ago. Acoustic monitoring was conducted in the typical period from mid-June through mid-August. Which leaves seven Canadian whale species, including the North Atlantic Right Whales and North Pacific Right Whales discussed above.