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Whale sanctuaries
Management Publications In this Section: RMP RMS Whale information Catch Limits Welfare issues Environment Whalewatching Whale Sanctuaries Establishment of the International Whaling Commission's sanctuaries CONTENTS Background Background on whale sanctuaries Map Boundaries of the present Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean Sanctuaries Commission Instructions Instructions from the Commission for ...
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ECNC : Services : Global biodiversity policy instruments : ECNC : The European Centre for Nature Conservation
Aim/comment: To protect whales from overhunting and to regulate the international whale fishery to ensure proper conservation and development of whale stocks. It provides for the creation of international whale sanctuaries. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention, 1971). Secretariat/focal point: IUCN - Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue ...
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Ocean Alliance - WHALE CONSERVATION INSTITUTE - Conservation
Japanese and Norwegian interests. The minke will continue to be threatened unless the International Whaling Commission (IWC) re-establishes the moratorium. Creating sanctuaries Another option is the creation of more whale sanctuaries. Sanctuaries do not counter the justifications for commercial whaling, but they do protect the critical feeding, breeding, and/or calving habitats of endangered ...
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Ocean Alliance - WHALE CONSERVATION INSTITUTE - Conservation
WWF has been instrumental in maintaining the international commercial whaling moratorium, shoring up marine protected areas and whale sanctuaries, tracking the effects of climate change and toxic contaminants on cetaceans and their environment, and promoting community investment in whale conservation through whale-watching ...
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2008 Meeting in Chile
Chile-Peru; information on whalewatching and in particular actions and legislation from around the world; sanctuaries; and national cetacean conservation. Australia introduced a paper it had submitted in the context of ... by 36 votes to 29 with 2 abstentions. The next item of business related to whale sanctuaries and in particular the proposal for a South Atlantic Sanctuary made by Brazil, Argentina ...
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2008 International Whaling Commission meeting
IWC. These issues include Australia's proposals for conservation management plans, whale sanctuaries, an end to 'scientific' whaling and promoting non-lethal uses of whales such as whale watching. The group will report to a special IWC meeting early next year. Review of populations There was no consensus on ...
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National Marine Sanctuaries Photos and Videos
(ROV) and explore the National Marine Sanctuaries through hundreds of videos and photos of everything from the vampire squid to the blue whale, and swell sharks to moon jellies. More Photos! ... or a shark on your computer with these sanctuary wallpapers! Revised July 23, 2008 by Sanctuaries Web Team | Contact Us | For Employees | NMS Foundation Many links leave the National Marine Sanctuary ...
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State of the Sanctuaries Report 2006
Bank Fagatele Bay Florida Keys Flower Garden Banks Gray's Reef Gulf of the Farallones Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Monitor Monterey Bay Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Olympic Coast Stellwagen Bank Thunder Bay 2005 Report Welcome to the 2006 State of the Sanctuaries Report Web site. The National Marine Sanctuary Program is making major strides in developing results-oriented resource protection, ...
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Friends of Animals | Sanctuaries & Rescue Work
Rescue Work search: home news programs act•ionline donate store about Sanctuaries & Rescue Work Primarily Primates: A Fresh Start for the Sanctuary FoA has joined with the nation's original primate sanctuary, ... Rescue: Helping Marine Animals in Need for over Twenty Years FoA has merged with the Whale Rescue Team of L.A. County. The organization has already rescued and rehabilitated thousands of ...
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REEF and the National Marine Sanctuaries | Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
Species Sighting Program Great Annual Fish Count Monitoring and Research Programs REEF In National Marine Sanctuaries Join REEF Membership is free, so Sign In to REEF.org Register for an account ... sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov. Olympic Coast NMS | Monterey Bay NMS | Channel Islands NMS | Flower Garden Banks NMS | Florida Keys NMS | Gray's Reef NMS | Stellwagen Banks NMS | Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale ...
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