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Please take some time to enjoy our second newsletter, which was finalized at the end of May 2016.
ASWN May 2016 Newsletter Final2
Photo contributed by Darryl MacDonald and ESO: Humpback whale and satellite tagging research team off the coast of Oman – who is watching who?
Network members in Oman have been doing an excellent job of generating press coverage and awareness of Arabian Sea Humpback whales. Check out these articles in local newspapers!
Times of Oman weekly issue 1 January 2015
Times of Oman coverage of entanglement response workshop
Article on port mitigation measures and conservation efforts
The Environment Society of Oman’s Renaissance Whale and Dolphin Project successfully tagged three humpback whales (named “Hamar An Nafur”, “Sifa” and “Yasser”) during their December expedition in the Gulf of Masirah. Previous research has established the significance of the area as important whale habitat, and the recent tagging efforts were launched to provide greater detail on their movements for conservation management purposes. . Stay tuned for more info and on the link below to follow daily updates of these magnificent whales on their ‘Giant Jouneys’: Link to Seaturtle.org tracks
ESO would like to thank their sponsors Renaissance Services and Port of Duqm for their support!
At the end of October, 2015, a week-long workshop in Oman helped a variety of stakeholders learn about cetacean entanglement and stranding response. Requested by the government of Oman, and delivered by the IWC in partnership with the Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown USA, the workshop included classroom theory sessions as well as beach- and boat-based hands-on practice. The workshop was almost too successful in its aim to provide hands-on training, as an unexpected mass stranding of 36 spinner dolphins was discovered in the middle of the training week, allowing for a lot of practice in data collection from carcasses.
Read more about the training event and see photos on this excellent summary on the IWC website:
(CCS) IWC summary of the training workshop
as well as the CMS website:
CMS report on the entanglement response workshop in Oman
Participants in the workshop receiving hands on boat-based disentanglement training practice. (Photo courtesy of IWC.)
Also check out the IWC-published best practice guidelines for large whale disentanglement:
IWC best practice guidelines for disentanglement of large whales
A capacity building workshop to support the implementation of the Regional Observer Scheme of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) was organized by the IOTC Secretariat in cooperation with the CMS Secretariat in Muscat from 18-22 October 2015. The workshop provided expert training to support the creation and implementation of observer schemes in Oman, Pakistan and Iran with a specific focus on gillnet fisheries. Given that accidental entanglement in fishing gear is one of the leading threats to Arabian Sea humpback whales and other whale populations in region, this effort represents a significant step toward threat mitigation. Read more about it on the CMS report of the workshop by clicking on the link below.
