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Spain

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Common name Scientific name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Short-Beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae /
Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae /
Killer Whale Orcinus orca Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena Mammalia Cetacea Phocoenidae /
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae /

CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
ASCOBANS Range State
ASCOBANS Non-Party
No data present.
No data present.
No data present.

News

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Common dolphin. © Nicola Hodgins / WDC
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Common Dolphin Group Opens 2026 at ASCOBANS With Major Findings and Calls for Action
Common Dolphin. Photo © Nicola Hodgins / WDC
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4th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Common Dolphin Group
Delphinus delphis © Benjamin GUICHARD / French biodiversity agency.
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3rd Meeting of the ASCOBANS Common Dolphin Group
© Tilen Genov, Morigenos
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CetAMBICion Project Kicks Off

Publications

Infographic - Baltic harbour porpoise
Infographic - Baltic harbour porpoise
Synergies between ASCOBANS and the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation - Harbour Porpoise
Synergies between ASCOBANS and the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation - Harbour Porpoise
Cost-benefit Analysis for Mitigation Measures in Fisheries with High Bycatch - ASCOBANS Technical Series No.2
Cost-benefit Analysis for Mitigation Measures in Fisheries with High Bycatch - ASCOBANS Technical Series No.2
Monitoring Cetacean Bycatch: An Analysis of Different Methods Aboard Commercial Fishing Vessels - ASCOBANS Technical Series No.1
Monitoring Cetacean Bycatch: An Analysis of Different Methods Aboard Commercial Fishing Vessels - ASCOBANS Technical Series No.1

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