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 ...
Arabian Sea humpback whales listed under India’s Recovery Programme for Critically Endangered Species
Good news from India! The Arabian Sea Humpback whale has been added to the Central Government's Recovery Programme for Critically Endangered Species. The programme, which falls under the Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change, India (MoEFCC), is a component of a Centrally sponsored scheme titled 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats'. In June ...
Marine mammal training symposium and survey completed in India
In December 2017, India hosted a two-part workshop and training course, aimed to build capacity for marine mammal research and conservation throughout the country. The first part of the workshop involved marine mammal scientists from the US, India and beyond. The second component the Marine Mammal Research in India Symposium ...
ASWN at the 2018 International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee meeting
Lake Bled - and the view from the meeting rooms at the IWC's Scientific Committee meetings in 2018 The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met from April 25th- May 7th in Bled, Slovenia. The ASWN was well represented at this meeting with invited participants from Oman's Ministry ...
