Library-Biodiversity-Cetaceans of the North-east Atlantic Fringe, Anna Moscrop

Cetaceans of the North-east Atlantic Fringe Anna Moscrop - April 1997 Contents: Summary 1 Introduction 1.2 Whaling in Scotland and Ireland 1.3 Cetaceans surveys 2 Cetaceans of the waters west and north of Britain and Ireland 2.1 Baleen whales Fin whale Humpback whale Nothern right whale Minke whale Sei whale Blue whale 2.2 Odontocete whales Sperm whale Nothern bottlenose whale Long-finned pilot whale Killer whale Risso's dolphin Bottlenose dolphin White-beaked dolphin Atlantic white-sided dolphin Common dolphin Striped dolphin Harbour porpoise Sowerby's beaked whale Cuvier's beaked whale False killer whale Beluga Narwhal 2.3 B.P's Environmental Assesment (section 2.2.3 Cetaceans) 3 The potential effeects of oil production on cetaceans 3.1 Noise and disturbance 3.2 Oil pollution 4 Conservation Legislation relating to cetaceans 5 Conclusions 6 Further research 7 References Fig 1 Bottom Topography the North-east Atlantic Fringe Fig 2 Areas of whale catches from Scottish whaling stations earlier this century Fig 3 Recent sightings of some whale species off Britain and Ireland