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- Franciscana Dolphin - National Marine Mammal Foundation
The Franciscana dolphin or locally “La Plata” dolphin or “toninha” is a small river dolphin inhabiting shallow coastal waters of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina This project will serve as a blueprint to guide future conservation efforts for other small dolphins and porpoises that are facing similar threats
- La Plata Dolphins ~ MarineBio Conservation Society
Current IUCN Conservation Status for La Plata Dolphins Conservation Evidence NOAA UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre: La Plata Dolphins Check the Seafood Watch List for this species Pontoporia blainvillei are at-risk of being caught in shark nets and it is estimated that about 1,500 of these dolphins are killed each year Estimates
- Franciscana Dolphin - IWC
The Franciscana (also known as La Plata River Dolphin) is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to fishing-related mortality at levels believed to be unsustainable The expansion of gillnet fisheries within the species’ home range is predicted to accelerate the population's decline
- Conservation of the La Plata Dolphin - Forschen - Handeln
Ambassador for Species and Habitat Conservation The La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) is found exclusively in the coastal waters of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and is considered the most endangered cetacean species in South America Five management areas are known, home to an estimated few hundred to around 15,000 dolphins in each area
- A Synthesis of the Ecology, Human-Related Threats and Conservation . . .
Introduction The franciscana or La Plata River dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei (), is perhaps the most endangered cetacean in the Western South Atlantic (Secchi, 2010) Its life history traits, including low reproductive and survival rates, and short life span, makes it vulnerable to high levels of non-natural mortality (e g , Danilewicz et al , 2002; Secchi et al , 2003b; Secchi, 2010)
- Pontoporia blainvillei - Society for Marine Mammalogy
The La Plata dolphin, franciscana or toninha (Pontoporia blainvillei) is a species of river dolphin found in coastal Atlantic waters of southeastern South America [4] It is a member of the Inioidea group and the only one that lives in the ocean and saltwater estuaries, rather than inhabiting exclusively freshwater systems Commercialized areas that create agricultural runoffs and
- La Plata Dolphin - Facts, Diet, Habitat Pictures on Animalia. bio
The La Plata dolphin, franciscana or toninha (Pontoporia blainvillei) is a species of dolphin found in coastal Atlantic waters of southeastern South America It is a member of the river dolphin group and the only one that lives in the ocean and saltwater estuaries, rather than inhabiting exclusively freshwater systems Commercialized areas that create agricultural runoffs and industrialized
- Franciscana - Whale Dolphin Conservation USA
Other names: La Plata River dolphin; Delfin del Plata, Toninha, Cachimbo, Boto Amarelo Male Female Calf; Maximum length: 1 58m: 1 77m: 0 8m: Maximum weight: 53kg: 53kg: 8 5kg: IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable and declining What do franciscanas look like? Franciscanas are small dolphins; the females are a bit larger than males The body is
- La Plata dolphin, Argentina | Whitley Award
Ecology and Conservation of the La Plata dolphin in Argentina The La Plata or Franciscana dolphin is among the world’s smallest and most endangered dolphins, endemic to the coastal Atlantic waters off South America They are listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, and are on the IUCN red list of endangered
- La Plata Dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) - Dolphins World
The La Plata dolphin has a conservation status of “Vulnerable” according to the classification of the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) This situation is the result of bycatch in gillnets, the contamination of their habitat and the noise pollution Its high mortality is, therefore, a consequence of
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