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Australia

Commonwealth of Australia

Common name Scientific name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Indo-Pacific Hump-Backed Dolphin, Chinese White Dolphin Sousa chinensis Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Sei Whale, Coalfish Whale, Pollack Whale, Rudolph's Rorqual Balaenoptera borealis Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Bryde's Whale, Tropical Whale Balaenoptera edeni Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Bridled Dolphin Stenella attenuata Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Spectacled Porpoise Phocoena dioptrica Mammalia Cetacea Phocoenidae /
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae /
Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata Mammalia Cetacea Neobalaenidae /
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae /
Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei 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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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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