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United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Common name Scientific name Classes Order Family Appendix(App. I/App. II)
Short-Beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Long-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Killer Whale Orcinus orca Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus Mammalia Cetacea Delphinidae /
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris Mammalia Cetacea Ziphiidae /
Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Sei Whale, Coalfish Whale, Pollack Whale, Rudolph's Rorqual Balaenoptera borealis Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
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 /
Pygmy Right Whale Caperea marginata Mammalia Cetacea Neobalaenidae /
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus Mammalia Cetacea Balaenopteridae /
Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae /
No data present.

CMS Ratification Status

Instrument Status Country ratification date Text
CMS Party
AEWA Party

Final Act: 16.06.1995; Signature: 23.09.1996

EUROBATS Party

Acceded. Final Act: 10.09.1991; Signature: 04.12.1991. (Includes Gibraltar)

ASCOBANS Party

Final Act: 13.09.1991; Signature: 16.04.1992. (Including Guernsey)

ACAP Party

Signature: 19.06.2001

IOSEA Marine Turtles MOU Signatory
Aquatic Warbler MOU Signatory
Pacific Islands Cetaceans MOU Signatory
ACCOBAMS Range State
Central Asian Flyway Range State
ASCOBANS 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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