Marine Mammal Podcast features ASWN member, Umair Shahid
Listen to ASWN member Umair Shahid talk about cetacean bycatch in the Indian Ocean on the Marine Mammal Science Podcast by clicking here. The talk features a great description of WWF Pakistan's innovative crew-based observer programme that has yielded valuable information on bycatch rates and species, as well as successful ...
Two new Reports on cetaceans in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas!
Participants to the IWC Workshop on Bycatch Mitigation Opportunities in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. May 7-9, 2019, Nairobi. This week two new workshop reports have been released, each containing a wealth of valuable information related to conservation of cetaceans in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas. ...
Blue Whales in Oman; the Sultanate’s most diverse marine mammal hotspot just got hotter!
The following is a blog shared by ASWN member Andy Willson that provides some insight and inspiration for cetacean conservation efforts off the coast of Oman, based on recent surveys conducted in the Dhofar region. The results of these surveys were also presented to the International Whaling Commission's recent Scientific ...
Collaboration for Killer Whales in the Northern Indian Ocean
Still images extracted from video taken by fishermen on May 14 2017, near to Hendorabi Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran. Two recent publications have highlighted the value of regional collaboration and broad-scale (social) networking for cetacean research and conservation in the Northern Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas. The first is a ...
ASWN members participate in workshop to identify Important Marine Mammal Areas in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas
In the week of March 4th-8th, a number of ASWN members participated in a workshop to identify Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas. The workshop was the 5th of its kind and hosted 38 marine mammal scientists and observers from 15 countries. An ...
ASWN Flukebook data platform ready for launch!
The long-awaited regional data platform is ready for use! After months of intense work to import and refine all of the functions required to deal with a large volume of cetacean survey sightings data from Oman, we are now ready for Arabian Sea research groups with ongoing research products and/or ...
ESO Completes Arabian Sea Humpback Whale Acoustic Analysis: A Sound is Worth a Thousand Words
The following is a press release from the Environment Society of Oman: The Environment Society of Oman (ESO) in partnership with New England Aquarium (NEA) have recently finalised their findings on a two-year acoustic dataset on the Arabian Sea Humpback Whales (ASHW). The aim of the project was to document ...
New Indian Ocean Cetacean Identification Cards available
A great new resource has just become available to all those working with cetaceans or cetacean-fisheries interactions in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has been working on the development of a set of cetacean identification cards for Indian Ocean Fisheries. These have been ...
Back from the Blue – the latest ASWN newsletter
After a long hiatus, we are pleased to share the next edition of the Arabian Sea Whale network newsletter. Compiling this issue was a rewarding exercise, as it provided an opportunity to reflect on all of the great achievements that network members have made over the past year. Please feel ...
Oman hosts multi-stakeholder workshop on responsible whale and dolphin watching
Dr. Paul Forestell of the Pacific Whale Foundation shares nearly 40 years of international experience in the whale watching sector. In August 2018, Oman’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (MECA), the Environment Society of Oman (ESO), Five Oceans Environmental Services (5OES) and the Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) collaborated to ...
