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Researched by | Sonia Rowley | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (G. Cuvier, 1812) | ||
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This species is subject to by-catch, and is included in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of species of conservation concern (Biodiversity Steering Group, 1995). All species of cetaceans are given protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. All cetacean species are listed on Annex A of EU Council Regulation 338/97 and therefore treated by the EU as if they are on CITES Appendix I therefore prohibiting their commercial trade. Risso's dolphin is also listed on Annex IV of the EC Habitats Directive, which prohibits all killing, capture, disturbance, sale, exchange or keeping of the animials. The directive requires that all accidental killing and capture be monitored by all member states. Also this species is listed under Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (North and Baltic Sea populations), and Appendix II of the Bern Convention. The Bonn Convention is the parent Convention to the 'Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans in the Baltic and the North Seas' (ASCOBANS) formulated in 1992. The UK is one of seven European countries which have signed the agreement which includes the protection of specific areas, monitoring, research, information exchange, pollution control and heightened public awareness. Measures included are specifically aimed at protecting dolphins and porpoises in the North Baltic Seas (Anon, 1999e).
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Last Updated: 01/07/2005