Country

South Africa

Republic of South Africa

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 /
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 /
Caperea marginata Pygmy Right Whale Mammalia Cetacea Neobalaenidae /
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
ACAP Party

Signature: 06.11.2003

Atlantic Turtles MOU Signatory
IOSEA Marine Turtles MOU Signatory
Western African Aquatic Mammals Range State
African Carnivores Initiative Range State
Joint CITES/CMS/IUCN Lion Web Portal Range State
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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