Country

India

Republic of India

Common name Scientific name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides Mammalia Cetacea Phocoenidae /
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 /
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Mammalia Cetacea Physeteridae /
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
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CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
CMS Party
Siberian Crane MOU Signatory
IOSEA Marine Turtles MOU Signatory
Dugong MOU Signatory
Central Asian Mammals Initiative Range State
Central Asian Flyway Range State
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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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