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Whales and Dolphins of Peru
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Physeter macrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sperm 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) (opposed by Japan and Norway)
- 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 by the International Union
for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a species of which "insufficient
information" is available.
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Distribution in
Peru:
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Historic threats:
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Main concentrations between June and August off Pisco (14° S) and between January and March off Paita |
Whaling (from 1951 to 1981, 49,858 Sperm whales in Peruvian waters) |