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Australia

Commonwealth of Australia

Scientific name Common name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Antarctic Minke Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Sousa chinensis Indo-Pacific Hump-Backed Dolphin, Chinese White Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale, Coalfish Whale, Pollack Whale, Rudolph's Rorqual Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's Whale, Tropical Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Stenella attenuata Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Bridled Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Phocoena dioptrica Spectacled Porpoise Mammalia Cetacea Phocoenidae /
Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae /
Lagenorhynchus obscurus Dusky Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Stenella longirostris Spinner Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Orcaella brevirostris Irrawaddy Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Caperea marginata Pygmy Right Whale Mammalia Cetacea Neobalaenidae /
Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Eubalaena australis Southern Right Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae /
Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser's Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
No data present.

CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
CMS Party
ACAP Party

Signature: 19.06.2001

IOSEA Marine Turtles MOU Signatory
Pacific Islands Cetaceans MOU Signatory
Dugong MOU Signatory
No data present.
No data present.
No data present.

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Publications

Odontocetes - the Toothed Whales
Odontocetes - the Toothed Whales
Guidelines for the Safe and Humane Handling and Release of Bycaught Small Cetaceans from Fishing Gear - CMS Technical Series No.43
Guidelines for the Safe and Humane Handling and Release of Bycaught Small Cetaceans from Fishing Gear - CMS Technical Series No.43
Guidelines for the Safe and Humane Handling and Release of Bycaught Small Cetaceans from Fishing Gear - CMS Technical Series No.43
Review of Methods Used to Reduce Risks of Cetacean Bycatch and Entanglements (CMS Technical Series No.38)

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