| Home |
|
|||||||||||
Whales and Dolphins of Peru
 |
Eubalaena australis (Desmoilins, 1822)
Southern right whale
Conservation Status:
- "Strictly protected" by the International Whaling Commission and previous conventions since 1937;
- 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 as an "endangered species" by the Endangered Species Act of the United States of America (ESA);
- Listed as "vulnerable"
by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN);
|
Distribution in
Peru:
|
Historic threats:
|
|
Unknown, in 1987 specimens have been observed off the coast of Ilo (17°38; S) |
Whaling. |