West Coast and breeding grounds in the Gulf of California and the Costa Rica Dome, IUCN Status: Endangered in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.3–6 The Chilean population feeds in the fjords of northern Chilean Population: ~5,000–15,000 Patagonia and migrates to breeding areas off Peru, Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.5,7–10 BOWHEAD WHALES (Balaena mysticetus) The only baleen whale endemic to Arctic. [...] The focus of this report is the Eastern Pacific Ocean where we explore growing risks and conservation opportunities for whales undertaking oceanic migrations over thousands of kilometers, navigating the seas across the Bering Strait, the west coast of North America to Central America and the tropical Pacific to the Antarctic Peninsula in the Southern Ocean, to name a few. [...] All offer significant benefits VALUES OF THE REGION IS A such as fishing and shipping, and to determine the frequency of reproduction in individuals and the amount of time that animals spend in the can provide information on entanglements and of shorter distances compared to those through the Suez MATTER OF URGENCY.156 territorial waters and exclusive economic zones other scars/injuries incurred f. [...] The aim was to create a set of national and regional actions to promote the access, publication and exchange of information; enhancing socio- the conservation of large whales in the Eastern Tropical and temperate economic benefits through sustainable tourism; building capacity of Pacific from Mexico to Chile - based on concepts presented in the global regional experts; and improving awareness and. [...] Due to projections of the region’s trade growth with East Several initiatives in the region are aimed at strengthening Asia, researchers predict an increase in maritime traffic the management of MPAs and migratory species, such as the density in the near future, with the consequent increase in CMAR and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Biosphere the probability of ship strikes.
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