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SC/68D/SM/01
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Resource ID
19587
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Document Number
SC/68D/SM/01
Full Title
Kuwait Marine Mammal Strandings for 2014
Author
Husain Al Sayegh
Publisher
IWC
Abstract
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span><span><span lang="EN-US">An unprecedented stranding of marine mammals in the early part of 2014 occurred on the Kuwaiti shoreline. The verified reports include 8 <em><u>Neophocaena phocaenoides,</u></em> a female <em><u>Balaenoptera brydei</u></em> and a male <em><u>Tursiops aduncus</u></em>. The cause of mortality could not be determined in all cases due to advanced decomposition. Circumstantial evidence elucidates that <em><u>B. brydei</u></em> mortality was caused by shipping rope obstruction in the throat, causing starvation. </span></span></span></span></p>