UK dolphin and porpoise conservation strategy: high level strategy

High level strategy for the proposed UK Dolphin and Porpoise Conservation Strategy summarising the existing management measures and proposals for future action to be taken to deliver the seven objectives identified in the strategy currently being consulted on.


References

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Hammond, P. S., C. Lacey, A. Gilles, et al. 2017. Estimates of cetacean abundance in European Atlantic waters in summer 2016 from the SCANS-III aerial and shipboard surveys.

Heinänen, S. and Skov, H. 2015. The identification of discrete and persistent areas of relatively high harbour porpoise density in the wider UK marine area, JNCC Report No. 544, JNCC, Peterborough.

ICES. 2018. Report of the Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME) 19 – 22 February 2018, La Rochelle, France. ICES CM 2018/ACOM:28. 120pp

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Contact

Email: marine_conservation@gov.scot

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