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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The IUCN-SSC Cetacean Specialist Group is at the European Cetacean Society Conference 2026 in Dundee, Scotland. If you are attending, please visit Poster #299: Marine megafauna conservation action plans: Systematic review and recommendations in preparation for a Global Cetacean Action Plan.

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A historic milestone for franciscana dolphin conservation in Brazil with the establishment of its largest marine protected area, Albardão National Park. Read how two decades of effort have brought this vision to fruition: shorturl.at/z1YJQ

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🐬 FINAL ROUND! 🐬 The vaquita made it to the final round and needs YOU more than ever to win $10,000 prize! 🗓 Vote: March 30 – April 3 🌐 UproarChallenge.com Rally your friends and vote! Let’s help the vaquita come roaring back! 🌊 #UproarChallenge #FinalRound #Conservation

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Vaquita made it through to ROUND FOUR, of the Uproar Conservation Challenge and every vote counts now more than ever! Vote once per day at UproarChallenge.com and help us get closer to the 10,000 USD conservation prize! uproar.indianapoliszoo.com Don’t wait, Vote. Rally. Repeat.

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

‬🚨Round 3 of Uproar Conservation Challenge continues!🚨 The vaquita porpoise is still in the running thanks to you, help us keep the momentum going! Vote at UproarChallenge.com🐬 Starts March 24 - 26 (11:59pm EDT) Every vote helps us getting closer to the $10K prize! #UproarChallenge

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

One more day to vote for the Vaquita in Round 2 of the Indianapolis Zoo - TFiber Uproar challenge! Voting closes at 11:59pm EDT, March 23 (3:59am GMT, March 24). Help the Vaquita advance to Round 3 and get closer to the $10,000 prize! Vote: UproarChallenge.com Latest news: shorturl.at/CMuew

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🚨 Round 2 of the Uproar Conservation Challenge is here! 🚨 The vaquita porpoise (Phocaena sinus) needs YOUR votes to stay in the running! 🐬 Vote & sign up for updates: UproarChallenge.com March 20–23 | Help us get closer to the $10K prize! #UproarChallenge

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚨The Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge (presented by T-Fiber) is here! Help the Vaquita porpoise population thriving by voting! As every vote helps us reach the next round and the $10K prize. Vote at uproar.indianapoliszoo.com Round 1 starts Mar 16-Mar 19 🐾 #UproarChallenge

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Gephyreus Project shares its 3rd newsletter! Updates include Argentina’s National Workshop, regional collaboration at SOMEMMA–SOLAMAC, Lahille’s dolphin now Endangered on the IUCN Red List, and public outreach.📄Read more: shorturl.at/mmhlz

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

#Congratulations to HuDoNet on the first Network Action Plan for #Endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphins! The plan outlines 13 priority actions—from filling data gaps and tackling #bycatch to strengthening #policy and #community #engagement. Read more about it here: 🔗 shorturl.at/m5Nv6

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The IUCN published Red List update 2025-2 on October 10th, coinciding with the 2025 World Conservation Congress. Sperm Whales remain Vulnerable and Lahille’s Bottlenose Dolphins were assessed as ‘Endangered. Check out our news item for more: tinyurl.com/45yn4rvk #IUCN #RedList #Conservation

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

This year’s IUCN World Conservation Congress convened over 10,000 global environmental stewards. The CSG's booth highlighted cetacean conservation planning and action and our members contributed to presentations and discussions. Read our latest news post for some event highlights: shorturl.at/HPtMW

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Come visit us at booth 134 during the IUCN World Conservation Congress, October 9th-15th, 2025! The booth, themed 'Conservation Planning and Action for Cetaceans,' will feature the work of the CSG and partners to spread awareness and increase support for our collective efforts. shorturl.at/CaV8B

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) and the CSG go hand-in-hand, using robust science to identify areas where research, monitoring, management and threat mitigation are key. As of 2025, 323 IMMAs have been identified to protect cetacean populations. Learn more at our news item: shorturl.at/1UO5w

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

CSG seeks to understand unusually low population numbers for a previously regarded #conservation success story! Read more about why eastern North Pacific gray #whale populations are potentially experiencing a decline from modern environmental risks at our latest news item: shorturl.at/Jst3o

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The CSG maintains archives from the IUCN Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel. The panel assessed potential threats to critically endangered western gray whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia from an oil & gas development project, bringing together CSG scientists & industry. Check out: shorturl.at/XY0xv!

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Sinking lines on octopus traps reduce the risk of whale #entanglement in South Africa: Read more about how robust scientific studies of whale behaviour around #fishing gear mitigated the risk of fatal entanglement for inshore Bryde's whales, regionally assessed as Vulnerable: shorturl.at/d25d0

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Plan Ocean, an NGO founded by CSG member Dr. Youngran Lee, collaborates closely with government stakeholders to promote conservation action for the #Endangered narrow-ridged finless porpoises (NRFP). Learn more about NRFP conservation at our latest news item: shorturl.at/UIU1d #IUCNRedList

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Swim for dolphins! To help raise awareness and funding for conserving a Critically #Endangered population of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River., a small team of advocates, led by CSG members, swam downstream along 120 km of the current range of the subpopulation. Read more at: shorturl.at/BlguB

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

In November 2024, the CSG worked with the IUCN SSC and WCPA chairs to draft and send a letter of concern that has helped to halt a potentially harmful LNG development in an Important Marine Mammal Area in the Gulf of California. Read more at: shorturl.at/VwvwF #conservation #IUCN #cetaceans

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Mexican whale researchers sound the alarm on an energy megaproject

A planned gas terminal would routinely send huge tankers through a marine mammal oasis, scientists fear

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

In January 2025, the Gephyreus Project reached a significant milestone with the launch of its dedicated website, www.gephyreus.org/en, designed to advance the #conservation of Lahille's bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gephyreus). Learn more at our latest news item: shorturl.at/h9bJa

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Erich Hoyt @erichhoyt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The current status & #extinction risk for #whales, #dolphins & #porpoises. 1 in 4 are in immediate trouble. I wonder how that will look 4 years from now? @disciara.bsky.social @oceangill.bsky.social @defenders.org @whalesorg.bsky.social @imma-network.bsky.social

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Almost all #cetaceans were reassessed for the IUCN Red List between 2018-2021. This information was published in 2023 to provide a global #RedList status overview. A key finding was that 26% of assessed species were threatened with extinction. Learn more on iucn-csg.org/red-list-sta....

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Check out our CSG news items! Did you know you can receive alerts each time a news item comes through? Check out the latest news item at iucn-csg.org, and subscribe for alerts at the bottom of our home page.

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We are back! After a social media hiatus, the CSG is back online. We will aim to post content twice a month to highlight our work and the work of our members. Please check out our updated website (iucn-csg.org), and like and follow our accounts here - Facebook - www.facebook.com/CetaceanSG

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Red List Status & Extinction Risk of the World’s Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises published in Conservation Biology showed that 1 in 4 cetacean species (26% of 92) were assessed as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable) conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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