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France

French Republic

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 /
Orcinus orca Killer Whale Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Stenella coeruleoalba Striped Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's Beaked Whale Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae /
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Antarctic Minke Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale, Coalfish Whale, Pollack Whale, Rudolph's Rorqual Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Balaenoptera edeni Bryde's Whale, Tropical Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
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 /
Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Eubalaena australis Southern Right Whale Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae /
No data present.

CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
CMS Party
AEWA Party

Final Act: 16.06.1995

EUROBATS Party

Approved. Signature: 10.12.1993

ASCOBANS Party

Acceded

ACCOBAMS Party

Final Act: 24.11.1996; Signature: 24.11.1996

ACAP Party

Signature: 19.06.2001

IOSEA Marine Turtles MOU Signatory
Aquatic Warbler MOU Signatory
Pacific Islands Cetaceans MOU Signatory
Dugong MOU Signatory

Mayotte and New Caledonia.

ASCOBANS Party
AEWA Party
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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