Conserving cetacean species

Whale Sanctuaries: Many countries have declared their territorial waters as 'whale sanctuaries' which effectively means that all acts that threaten the survival of cetaceans species are banned. For example, Ecuador (including the Galapagos Islands), and most recently Ireland, have declared cetacean species occurring within their waters as protected. In addition, the IWC has designated the whole of the Indian Ocean and most of the Southern Ocean as whale sanctuaries in 1994.

1. Protecting marine animals
2. Conserving species
3. Conserving endangered species of marine mammals

1. Increasing international cooperation on the conservation of cetaceans
2. Conserving whales
3. Conserving dolphins

1. Studying cetaceans
2. Monitoring marine pollution

1. Killing smaller cetaceans

1. Threatened species of Cetacea

1. Endangered