ASCOBANS covers all species, subspecies
or populations of toothed whales which occur in
the Agreement Area, with the exception of the sperm
whale (Physeter macrocephalus). The most important
of these species are:
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena
phocoena)
The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops
truncatus)
The common dolphin (Delphinus
delphis)
The white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus
albirostris)
The Atlantic white-sided dolphin
(Lagenorhynchus acutus)
The striped dolphin (Stenella
coeruleoalba)
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)
The killer whale (Orcinus orca)
The long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala
melas)
The northern bottlenosed whale (Hyperoodon
ampullatus)
and other beaked whales (Ziphiidae)
Visit the official
ASCOBANS website for more informaiton
on the protected species.
