Fisheries - Enviro Dynamics Namibia
Fisheries - Enviro Dynamics Namibia
Fisheries - Enviro Dynamics Namibia
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F I S H E R I E S , M A M M A L S A N D S E A B I R D S S P E C I A L I S T S T U D Y<br />
SPECIES STATUS*<br />
Common Tern<br />
Sterna hirundo<br />
Arctic Tern<br />
S. paradisaea<br />
Sandwich Tern<br />
S. sandvicensis<br />
Swift Tern<br />
S. bergii<br />
Damara Tern<br />
S. balaenarum<br />
Caspian Tern<br />
S. caspia<br />
Black Tern<br />
Chlidonias niger<br />
Final Report<br />
<strong>Namibia</strong>n Marine Phosphate (Pty) Ltd.<br />
RELATIVE<br />
ABUNDANCE<br />
Page 95<br />
SEASONALITY<br />
NM, inshore Common Summer<br />
NM, offshore Uncommon Summer passage<br />
NM, inshore Common Summer<br />
B, inshore Common All year<br />
CONSERVATION<br />
STATUS (IUCN)<br />
B, inshore Uncommon All year Near threatened<br />
B, inshore Rare All year<br />
NM, inshore Rare Summer<br />
* B: breeding resident; AM: African migrant; SM: Southern Ocean migrant; NM: northern hemisphere migrant.<br />
a Recent taxonomic divisions not taken into account.<br />
Appendix 1a-2. Distribution and seasonal abundance of Mysticete<br />
(baleen) whales in southern <strong>Namibia</strong>n waters<br />
SPECIES SEASONALITY DISTRIBUTION CONSERVATION STATUS<br />
Blue whale<br />
(Balaenoptera<br />
musculus)<br />
Fin whale<br />
(B. physalus)<br />
Sei whale<br />
(B. borealis)<br />
Minke whale<br />
(B. acutorostrata)<br />
Bryde’s whale<br />
(B. edeni)<br />
Humpback whale<br />
(Megaptera<br />
novaeangliae)<br />
Southern right whale<br />
(Eubalaena australis)<br />
Pygmy right whale<br />
(Caperea marginata)<br />
Migratory Pelagic Endangered<br />
Migratory Pelagic – some association<br />
with the shelf edge<br />
Vulnerable<br />
Migratory Pelagic Endangered<br />
Migratory / year<br />
round<br />
Pelagic / Neritic<br />
Migratory Probable pelagic<br />
Migratory / year<br />
round<br />
(some summer<br />
residency)<br />
Pelagic / Neritic (uses coastal<br />
waters as migratory corridors)<br />
Endangered<br />
Migratory Neritic – extreme inshore Vulnerable<br />
Migratory unknown