OSPAR request on indicator assessment of cetacean species other than coastal bottlenose dolphins

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Special Requests 2022
• Subjects: Atlantic, Northeast ICES Ecoregion; FAO area 27; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion; Harbour porpoise; Northeast Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.18686957; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/OSPAR_request_on_indicator_assessment_of_cetacean_species_other_than_coastal_bottlenose_dolphins/18686957

An overview of data on distribution and abundance of cetacean species other than coastal bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) is presented. ICES advises that for none of these species is there currently sufficient information to make regional assessments in the frame of indicator M-4. However, new information scheduled to become available in early 2017 from a 2016 survey may allow an assessment to be made for harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena , particularly in OSPAR Region II) against the proposed targets.