ACCOBAMS - Protected Species

Protected Species

The following species are protected by ACCOBAMS, according to the Annex I of the Treaty:

INDICATIVE LIST OF CETACEANS OF THE BLACK SEA TO WHICH THIS AGREEMENT APPLIES:

  • PHOCOENIDAE (Porpoise)
    • Phocoena phocoena (Harbour porpoise)
  • DELPHINIDAE (Dolphin)
    • Tursiops truncates(Bottlenose dolphin)
    • Delphinus delphis (Common dolphin)

INDICATIVE LIST OF CETACEANS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE CONTIGUOUS ATLANTIC AREA TO WHICH THIS AGREEMENT APPLIES:

  • PHOCOENIDAE (Porpoise)
    • Phocoena phocoena(Harbour porpoise)
  • DELPHINIDAE (Dolphin)
    • Steno bredanensis(Rough-toothed dolphin)
    • Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
    • Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose dolphin)
    • Stenella coeruleoalba(Striped dolphin)
    • Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked common dolphin)
    • Pseudorca crassidens(False killer whale)
    • Orcinus orca (Killer whale)
    • Globicephala melas (Long-finned pilot whale)
  • ZIPHIIDAE (Beaked whale)
    • Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's beaked whale)
    • Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)
  • PHYSETERIDAE
    • Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm whale)
  • KOGIIDAE
    • Kogia simus (Dwarf sperm whale)
  • BALAENIDAE (Balaenidae)
    • Eubalaena glacialis (Northern right whale)
  • BALAENOPTERIDAE (Rorqual)
    • Balaenoptera acutorostrata(Minke whale)
    • Balaenoptera borealis(Sei whale)
    • Balaenoptera physalus (Fin whale)
    • Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)

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