The trade in live Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from Solomon Islands-A CITES decision implementation case study

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-388

  Parsons, E C M ^a,b   Rose, N A ^c   Telecky, T M ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

Author keywords

CITES; Indo Pacific bottlenose dolphins; IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group; Live capture; Non detriment finding; Solomon Islands; Tursiops aduncus

Indexed keywords

CITES; DECISION MAKING; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPORT; MARITIME TRADE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PHILIPPINES; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 76449093550     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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