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Mediterranean and Black Sea Cetacean Red List Assessment
Tursiops truncatus
5) The Agreement for the Establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
(GFCM).
D) Two European Community instruments that are binding for EU Member States are worth mentioning
here due to their relevance to bottlenose dolphin conservation: Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20
December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common
Fisheries Policy, and Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats
and of wild fauna and flora, or “Habitats Directive” whose annex IV protects all cetacean species.
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Annex 3: Regular Species
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