Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

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Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Sowerby’s beaked whale is listed by the IUCN as ‘Data Deficient’ (IUCN 2004).  It is listed in Appendix II of the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES 2004).  Within Canada the species was assessed in 1989 by COSEWIC as ‘Special Concern’ (originally ‘Vulnerable’; Lien and Barry 1990).