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Whales and Dolphins of Peru
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Balaenoptera edeni (Anderson, 1878)
Bryde whale
Conservation Status:
- Protected by the whaling moratorium of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) since 1985;
- Listed in Annex 1 (threatened species) of the International Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES);
- Listed in Annex C1 (strictly protected) of Regulation 3626/82 of the European Union;
- Protected by the US Marine Mammals Protection Act (MMPA) and declared a "diminished species" (a species whose population is smaller than it should be in order to be considered healthy);
- Listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a species of which "insufficient information" is available;
- Protected in Peru since 1985.
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Distribution in
Peru:
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Historic threats:
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Off the coast of Chimbote (9°4' S) and Paita (5° S) |
Whaling (in Peru since
1968, from 1975 to 1985, 2980 whales).
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