black sea red data book - Department of Biology

hundreds of bottlenose dolphins were captured alive in the Soviet Union and Romania
for scientific, military and commercial needs. The Russian Federation and Ukraine
are continuing that practice periodically in Taman Bay and near the south coast of the
Crimea.
Conservation measures taken. Industrial dolphin killing has been prohibited in
Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine since 1966, and
since 1983 in Turkey. In the 1980s the Black Sea T. truncatus was entered to the
national Red Data Books of Georgia, Russia, Bulgaria and Ukraine. At an
international level this species is protected by the Berne, Bonn and Washington
(CITES) conventions (Appendix II), the IUCN Red Data Book, and, since November
1996 by the multilateral Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black
Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS). The Black
Sea population is mentioned as endangered in the UNEP Global Action Plan on
Marine Mammals. A number of intergovernmental and international non­
governmental organizations give attention to bottlenose dolphin conservation.
Conservation measures proposed. Adoption of ACCOBAMS by all Black Sea
states; design and implementation of a regional Black Sea program for marine
mammal conservation, including a bottlenose dolphin stock assessment, organizing
specially protected areas, enhancement of rescue and rehabilitation activities for stick
and traumatic animals Any catching of wild cetaceans should be stopped completely.
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