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SC/69B/SM/02
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Resource ID
22163
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Document Number
SC/69B/SM/02
Full Title
Report of the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Beaked Whales
Author
Simmonds And The Intersessional Group
Authors Summary
This report from the intersessional group presents some new information about beaked whales drawn from the scientific literature and identifies some key issues that deserve further consideration.
Publisher
IWC
Publication Year
2024
Abstract
Their offshore habitat and vulnerability to underwater noise makes them especially vulnerable to human activities and potentially increasingly as human activities increasingly move into the deep seas. During the intersessional period, the beaked whale intersessional correspondence group has continued to monitor developments and publications related to these species and a short overview is provided here, combined with proposals for further work. In recent years there has been a notable expansion of research into these species in Asia (as evidenced by the references noted here) and there are ongoing concerns about beaked whales in the Northeast Atlantic and the South-West Atlantic.