Intro and legal framework Flashcards
What is the multi-tiered approach after a stranding?
- Tier 1: external examination and stranding data collection
- Tier 2: dissection with sampling for post mortem investigations (PMI)
- Tier 3: necropsy (dissection with diagnostic aim)
Elaborate more on Tier 1 (multi-tiered approach after a stranding)
- Who? Wide range personnel with basic training
- Assess what? Only external examination, collect:
basic morphometric data
assessment decomposition condition
sex and age class determination
photographs of external features - NO CONCLUSIONS ON CAUSE OF DEATH YET
Elaborate more on Tier 2 (multi-tiered approach after a stranding)
- Who? trained responders with skills and experience
- Assess what? Thorough PMI, visualization and gross inspection of all organ systems and description of findings
- Samples should be collected for health assessment but not cause of death
- Marine litter presence and fisheries interaction assessment
Elaborate more on Tier 3 (multi-tiered approach after a stranding)
- Who? professionals (always including vet)
- Assess what? Cause of death
- Additional/ detailed analysis of data
What are the main goals of a necropsy?
- Establish cause of death
- Confirm clinical diagnosis
- Detect diseases
What are the main goals for PMI?
- Detect diseases
- Collect data for management and conservation
- Increase biological and medical knowledge
Marine mammal enforcement agencies
What are the different organizations ruling the different parts of the ocean?
Timeline of history of whale conservation
What is the International Whaling Commission (IWC)?
- Established 1946
- Global body responsible for whaling and conservation of whales
- 88 member countries, 1 commission, several committees
- Work programme includes: bycatch & entanglement, ship strikes, ocean noise, pollution and debris, and sustainable whale watching
- In 2017: built stranding initiative for training and emergency response
How many whales were caught around the world in 2017? And what are the main whaling nations?
- 1380 whales
- Norway and Japan
What are the 4 different types of whaling?
- Commercial
- Subsistence (indigenous)
- Research
- Poaching
What is UNEP?
- UN Environmental Program
- Global authority that sets environmental agenda
- Advocate for global environment
- Headquarter in Kenya
- > 193 countries
What is CITES?
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
- Aim: ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten survival of the species.
- In force in 1975
- 183 members
- > 35 000 listed species, parts and derivatives
WHat is the classification of species under CITES?
Where are cetacean and sea turtles listed under CITES?
- Cetaceans: Appendix I and II
- Sea Turtles: Appendix I
What happens to an alive animal when e.g. stranded? And to a dead one? (CITES)
- Alive: Seized and given to public or private facilities
- Dead: used for scientific or educational purposes or destroyed
When does CITES not need to be informed?
- Stranded or by-caught animals kept and transported to authorized facilities for rehabiliation and subsequent release
When should you have a register reporting specimens? (CITES)
- Keeping and/or showing to purchase/ exchange
- Rent or give for commercial purposes
- When you have a specimen derived from seizing
Diagram showing shipments and paperwork for import into the EU (CITES Species Annex I and II)
What is the MAP (Mediterranean Action Plan)/ Barcelona convention?
- Comprehensive framework aimed at protecting the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal regions from environmental degradation
- Barcelona convention and its protocols form the legal framework of the MAP
Barcelona convention background
- In 1976 during UNEP conference
- Response to growing concerns about pollution and the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources in the Mediterranean Sea.
Barcelona convention objectives
o Asses and control marine pollution
o Sustainable management of marine and coastal resources
o Integrate environment in social and economic development
o Protect natural and cultural heritage
o Strengthen solidarity among Mediterranean coastal states
o Contribute to improvement of quality of life
Barcelona convention is supplemented by several protocols
- Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas (SPA): Focuses on the protection of marine biodiversity.
- Protocol concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources (LBS)
- Protocol concerning Cooperation in Preventing Pollution from Ships