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

CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
ASCOBANS Party

Final Act: 13.09.1991; Signature: 16.04.1992. (Including Guernsey)
ASCOBANS Party
No data present.
Name Role Position Institution
Ms. Catherine Bell Sea Fisheries and Conservation, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
For any inquiries or to reach out to these focal points, kindly contact the Secretariat.

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Common dolphin. © Nicola Hodgins / WDC
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Common Dolphin. Photo © Nicola Hodgins / WDC
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4th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Common Dolphin Group
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11th Meeting of the North Sea Group
Delphinus delphis © Benjamin GUICHARD / French biodiversity agency.
Delphinus delphis © Benjamin GUICHARD / French biodiversity agency.
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3rd Meeting of the ASCOBANS Common Dolphin Group

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Infographic - Baltic harbour porpoise
Synergies between ASCOBANS and the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation - Harbour Porpoise
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Cost-benefit Analysis for Mitigation Measures in Fisheries with High Bycatch - ASCOBANS Technical Series No.2
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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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